The Importance of Conversations in a Trans World

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I think being a journalist in the 90s if your choice was being treated like queen bee at women's magazine or having your bum pinched on a desk at one of the dailies well all the men were getting pissed for four hour lunches and you did all the work and didn't get the bylines. I'm not pretending that that was necessarily an easy time to be a woman either but the point is you stay curious and you don't say well it was hard for me back then so it can't be hard for you now because these small number of things have changed. There was a real struggle for me with being honest about my experiences and acknowledging the rage and the pain that

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

This week Katherine chats to journalist and writer Alexandra Heminsley, author of Some Body to Love. After infertility treatment, a challenging pregnancy and a sexual assault, Alex found her relationship drifting apart for reasons she couldn’t fully understand. But when her partner finally disclosed that they wanted to transition to being a woman, Alex had to come to terms with something she never expected: being part of a LBTQIA+ family. In this conversation, she explores her compassionate response to her former partner’s needs, how it has changed her viewpoint on life, and how life can be remade in the face of the unexpected.

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