About Us
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret Mead
Wipe Out Transphobia (WOT), is a small international organisation/project aiming to contribute effectively, to the eradication of hate based crime, bullying, violence and discrimination directed on a regular basis, towards trans, non-binary and even cis individuals across the world. Through worldwide activism, education, support, and understanding, we aim to show that hateful actions toward gender diverse people, are not only dangerous (contributing to extraordinarily high suicide rates), but they are infringing on fundamental Human Rights.
Wipe Out Transphobia needs as much help as possible to be able to have maximum effect across the world, where sadly the level of protection for trans individuals ranges from being on the right path, to non-existent. Including western countries. This is clearly unacceptable, but we can’t change the world on our own. By working with individuals, and other organisations collaboratively, we aim to help raise awareness about hate, educate people on trans issues, and show the world that trans people are not just regular members of society, but that we have existed throughout history.
This is something we strongly believe in. No-one was ever harmed by a trans person simply existing, and because of this trans and non-binary people deserve respect, the right to privacy, and the ability to live their lives unhindered by hate crime, or persecution by state governments.
If you would like to get involved, please do use our contact page to speak to us directly. We are constantly looking for contributions to our campaigns, personal stories, writers, moderators, staff for pride events, and new ideas.
We want to hear from you.
Our History
Wipe Out Transphobia was founded by Emma Bailey, in the heart of North Wales (Gogledd Cymru), UK. We started life as a forum named, T-Form. There, trans and non-binary people could access our forums, and discuss everything from coming out (and all the potential problems associated with that), to events, and navigating transition/funding for transition. We were only a few hundred people, however we were a place of support, safety, and community.
We then moved to Facebook as more and more forums generally started to make the switch away from self-hosted communities, to social media pages and groups. However, we quickly noticed the sheer abundance of hate on a particular platform at that time, and decided to try to do something about it. ‘Wipe Out Transphobia on Facebook (WOTOF)’ came into existence in 2010 (ish), and it was started simply in response to the hate and disinformation aimed at the trans and non-binary people using the platform in question at the time. WOTOF initially worked with a group that already existed, called ‘Wipe Out Homophobia on Facebook’, which was directly supported by the page owner, Kel, and with that support, we grew quickly, tackling hate pages, campaigning, and supporting people directly on social media.
Over the years, as injustice grew everywhere for trans people, WOTOF changed to just Wipe Out Transphobia (WOT). As WOT, we tried to fight back with activism, campaigns, and education on a worldwide scale, and we started to have volunteers join us. Our Facebook page then spread out to other social media outlets, and our website was born.
Over the years, we have been to multiple pride events, created large online campaigns, created poster campaigns that drew the ire of people like the Westboro Baptist Church, and tackled transphobia at every level of society. We were mentioned in multiple articles, and we appeared on TV a couple of times. Our biggest claim to have succeeded in any real way, though, are the many, many messages we have received thanking us, for helping them.
As our new website goes live in 2025, hate and transphobia is at an all-time high. Previously countries that were safe havens for gender diverse people are now wrought with danger, this must be tackled. It’s going to be a long fight.
That’s what we’re all about.
“Activism for us, will not mean chaining ourselves to fences and hunger strikes, but rather running effective campaigns, lobbying governments, raising awareness, contributing towards education, diversity training, and supporting people with information; and just generally being out in the world to show we’re just like everyone else.” ~ Emma Bailey
