My name is Ludovic Parsons and I’m a freelance journalist writing about trans people, politics and power in the UK.
I tell stories with and for trans+ communities, and for 12 years I have worked in the British media including as an investigative reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the gender and identity correspondent at PinkNews. I’m currently the investigations editor at award-winning newsletter QueerAF.
I’ve been freelance since 2022, writing about LGBTQ+ issues for outlets including the Big Issue, Condé Nast Traveller, Cosmopolitan Magazine, the Evening Standard, the Guardian, GQ, the i Paper, and British Vogue. I do more specialised reporting about trans+ healthcare and organised transphobia for LGBTQ+ media including Attitude Magazine, Gay Times and Them.
I also bring my storytelling skills to community projects. I’m building a community evidence base of preventable trans+ deaths with Trans Lives, a co-creational project where I am the data lead and a board member. In 2024, I worked with Bureau Local (part of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism) on a community-led investigation into the impacts of political transphobia called Trans+ Voices.
I regularly speak about my work, LGBTQ+ journalism and trans+ representation in the media at conferences, for university students and on panels and podcasts.
