Nadine - it's a super piccy (and a good - if small - web site behind it...) - it nicely encapsulates for me how transgender can and should be a suitable term to gather these sometime rather disparate groupings together. We should be united in our commonalities rather than divided by our differences, even though most of us accept all our little clusters can face significantly different issues in managing our condition.

I positively like the fact that there is an umbrella term and embrace what that means - but in the same way that not all lesbians or gays like to be grouped with bisexuals (and all other combinations), there will always be some who like to believe they're somehow more exclusive. I'm liking too that more of us seem to be more comfortable with the idea that we can be under the umbrella term without the idea that we necessarily have transition in our future... It is a shame that the media can't get it right, but perhaps with more exposure and better informed commentators it can be corrected.

Again, the graphic is great, and we could probably all do worse than print out an illicit copy and use it to explain to others should the need arise... (I am in no way condoning or recommending the illegal reproduction of copyrighted images.. The Genderbook, btw, is licensed under the Creative Commons principle so can be legally used in this way. )

Let's hope the media comes around quickly... I guess we could all be activists and write to our national and local press and TV..??? Would a few hundred voices make a difference...???

Katey x