The Importance of Respect for Trans People

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"I think it's really brilliant to see a writer thinking hard about how their mind has been changed," she says. "It's possible to understand the world in a completely different way and still be compassionate towards the person who has made your life change so abruptly" She adds: "We certainly don't talk enough about respect for people who have different identities and different bodies and different minds to us."

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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