The Importance of Being Trans

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I hope half my life um yes let's set up for a while making some more of my wild assumptions you got very wary of those over the last few years yeah but yeah it was it was an extremely traumatic period to live through but also proved to be ultimately a really positive one. I know that now in like that day is imprinted in the DNA of my existence and will be until the day I die so it taught me a lot about a trans person but specifically a trans woman's experience of well oh you're saying this but I've never heard of that or that doesn't figure It's perfectly simple that's not the way things are.

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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