Transphobia and the Assault Case

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The assault case taught me that you can feel enormous rage and agreement and fear and terror like I didn't get on a train by myself until my son was a toddler. "Just blind assumptions can still have transphobic impacts the same as blind assumptions can have racist impacts" she says. 'I felt very lucky especially in 2020 when all the black lives matter stuff happened' She's had really visceral emotional pinpoints and pivot points whereas everyone else last summer whatever it was for more than 18 months now seems to be thinking but I'm a good person with me.

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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