PRESS RELEASE Trans Rescue Joins Genocide Scholars To Discuss Danger For Trans Americans Enschede, Netherlands, 26/03/2026 Are transgender Americans facing an impending genocide, and if so, how quickly? Trans Rescue joins a panel of distinguished genocide scholars and historians to examine the state of being trans in America today. Panel participants are: Dr. Elisa von […]
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Kansas Invalidates Driving Licenses. What Next?
It’s a sad day for transgender Americans, those in Kansas in particular, as the Kansas State Legislature bill SB 244 prohibiting transgender Kansans from changing their assigned gender on a driving license comes in to force. The state has mailed Transgender Kansans a letter advising them that their driving licenses are now invalid, and the […]
Laila (35), from Morocco to Malaysia
“I grew up in Morocco in the 1990s. Boys and girls played together when we were alone. But if our families were around, I had to ‘behave’ – which meant ‘behave like a boy’, at the risk of being beaten.” This was life for Laila as a young trans woman. But with help from Trans […]
Luzira Prison Decarceration Effort
Africa Queer Network and Trans Rescue have been cooperating to help trans people trapped in Uganda’s prison system. Previously we have freed three from various prisons. Now we are concentrating on the notorious Luzira Upper Prison and have freed 8 trans women from there. AQNetwork in Uganda has been investigating rumors of “many” trans women […]
Get Out Now, and Survive
If there are ten of you reading this, nine probably won’t survive the next few years. One of you will escape, and live. Which one of you will it be? A friend of ours told us an innocent annecdote recently which gains a chilling angle in the light of current events. They described conversations among […]
Leaving The UK For Ireland — What You Need To Know
In the aftermath of the UK Supreme Court judgement in favour of For Women Scotland, conditions for British trans people have worsened, and we have seen a huge increase in enquiries from Brits wanting to leave. For them the easiest destination is Ireland, or more specifically the Republic of Ireland, which because of the Common […]
Press Release: Transgender People Are Escaping The UK, Says Dutch NGO
PRESS RELEASE Transgender People Are Escaping The UK, Says Dutch NGO Enschede, Netherlands, 30/04/2025 Contact information: contact@transrescue.org Trans Rescue, a Netherlands-based refugee NGO, has seen a 40-fold increase in British transgender people seeking to escape hate in the United Kingdom following the recent Supreme Court case that invalidated their human rights. Anne Ogborn, Director, Trans […]
Border Crossing Basics
Alexis Border Crossing Basics Many people who approach Trans Rescue are looking to potentially cross a border for the first time. The exact precautions and rules will vary depending on the country you are entering, but below are some basic guidelines to make any border crossing go as smoothly as possible. These are intended for […]
Advice For Trans Americans on Trump’s Inauguration Day
Today, Donald Trump will be inaugurated for his second term as President of the United States. We all know what kind of president he will be, and what this is likely to mean for trans Americans. Our advice remains as it has been for the past few years; for trans Americans to plan their exit […]
Interpreting Trump’s Speech On Transgender Policy
As this is being written, we sit just under a month away from President Trump’s second inauguration. As you might expect, his every utterance is being studied for clues as to the direction his notoriously unpredictable administration might take, though with some pronouncements there’s little room for doubt. Currently in the news is a speech […]