For Transgender Visibility Day 2025, we look at how widespread transphobia affects young people’s mental health and can potentially make them seek validation and security from unknowing predators.  Being transgender is not a mental illness. But transgender people are disproportionately affected by mental health difficulties due to widespread and deeply entrenched transphobia in many aspects … Continue reading Trans Visibility Day 2025: Unseen Struggles and Risks for Young Trans People  »

“There aren’t enough services for women, and women need more protection, especially those who may not be able to look after themselves.” – a woman surveyed as part of the Leeds Women’s Rough Sleeping Census Report 2024. In September 2024, a large number of frontline workers from different Leeds based organisations took part in the … Continue reading Leeds Women’s Rough Sleeping Census Report 2024 »

Sexual Violence is a pervasive problem that is only growing[1], yet sex workers face specific harms that are often forgotten or ignored in favour of ‘the perfect victim’. For Sexual Violence Awareness Day, Basis Yorkshire wants to highlight the unique risks faced by sex workers and calls for the full decriminalisation of sex work, which … Continue reading Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week 2025 »

We are relieved to see justice has been done in the trial against a man who was convicted of murder of a woman and the rape of a second. First and foremost, our hearts go out to the family and friends of the victims; particularly Louisa who did not survive the violence she experienced; we … Continue reading Guilty Verdict Murder and Rape »