It was prompted by the director of On Road, Nathalie McDermott, witnessing the death of human rights lawyer and trans woman Sonia Burgess, when she was pushed from a platform at London's Kings Cross railway station during rush hour.

Having become aware of the poor coverage of transgender people, McDermott approached members of the voluntary watchdog organisation Trans Media Watch,[8] a charity that focuses on changing the media representation and reporting of trans people, to improve this representation.

An interaction is a relaxed, social meet-up between a senior media or sector professional and someone with personal experiences to share.

It is designed to encourage a greater understanding of the community, leading to better and more empathetic portrayals of trans people in the media.

The day was dedicated to exploring creative solutions to major stumbling blocks in the media's portrayal of this often misrepresented and misunderstood community.

[14] All About Trans supported them with casting workshops, leading to a new storyline in 2015 with new character Mrs St Claire played by Annie Wallace.

[25] This concept was developed during the day by participants, some of whom went on to work in partnership with BBC Writersroom on a new initiative to encourage sensitive and accurate portrayals of trans characters in comedy scripts.

[26] The winning script Boy Meets Girl, written by Elliott Kerrigan, was made into a pilot by Tiger Aspect commissioned by BBC Two in the summer of 2014.

[33] Elliot Kerrigan won a Royal Television Society Rising Star Award for Boy Meets Girl in February 2016.

[40] Throughout the following year, Fox Fisher and Lewis Hancox filmed with 25 trans and gender variant people across the UK.

The feature article accompanying the announcement stated that the "sea of change in the representation of transgender people in the media [was]as a result of tireless campaigning by groups such as All About Trans".

[45] In 2015, four volunteers worked with All About Trans and BBC Radio 4 to record clips for the Listening Project and the British Library.

[58] Some All About Trans participants have written or blogged for the Glasgow Herald,[59] the Dorset Echo,[60] and The Observer[61] following interactions with the papers.