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Crisis? What Crisis? The impact of homelessness on LGBTQ youth

by Rudy Harries Content warning: homelessness, transphobia, homophobia, suicidal ideation, family rejection There are no exact numbers for how many trans people experience homelessness in the UK. Llamau published a […]

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Inconvenient trans men

They will never understand the sense of grief I have for the body I should have been born with, the childhood I should have had, the adolescence I should have had. That life in my mid-20s that I’m doing over again in my mid-30s. That first operation that I needed because my body changed in puberty in ways it shouldn’t have.

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On silver linings

I’m not a stranger to avoiding leaving the house or shunning social gatherings. As a trans man waiting for top surgery, my dysphoria hit a peak and my mental health hit a low. Recently divorced, I found myself living alone for the first time in my life. This wasn’t exactly a winning combination of factors.

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