Monroe Bergdorf's Transgender Dysphoria

Monroe Bergdorf's own family struggled with her sexuality and gender dysphoria. She was at school during the era of Section 28, legislation introduced by Margaret Thatcher that banned schools from promoting homosexuality. Neither her father nor brother discussed it at home. But when she visited her extended family in London, it was a different story. They knew exactly why Stephen and his friend Dwayne Brooks were attacked without provocation by white strangers. It was blind hatred. As an effeminate black boy, she was particularly vulnerable. After university, she worked for three years in fashion PR then co-founded the queer rave Pussy Palace in London's Brick Lane. At the age of 24, she began using