Teaching and learning from these students was like the trans childhood I’d never had.
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I call it a quest because it truly feels like a long, arduous search I had to go on to find people like me who shared a significant understanding of what it was like to be LGBTQ+
When I turned 18, I was determined to build myself a strong support system. I wanted to have my life back. To heal, I had to get past the mindset that being trans was a burden.
by Katie Wilson Katie’s Pride changed everything. It started out in July 2021 as a simple newsletter delivered to the local shops around Hitchin, and years later my whole life […]
Being trans in 2023 means knowing deep in your bones that looking out to the world to confirm that you’re safe and that your needs will be met is simply not an option.
Most of the trans people I know are not primarily trans, by that I mean they are much more, they are truly multi-dimensional people. They are primarily fathers, mothers, musicians, engineers, writers, academics, etc. who just happen to be trans. Many of us will proclaim that it is the least interesting thing about us, it is just something we had to go through in order to be who we are, to reconcile our identities with our bodies. If you like, it is something we have done rather than something we are.