Helen Wright

I was 7 when I first realised that some thing was wrong! Standing in the playground playing with the girls seemed so natural; I remember playing hopscotch, skipping and making daisy chains, everything seemed to be in its place and then the bell would ring and I would be thrown into this strange world of boys. I didn’t understand it, why was I being separated from my friends and made to act in this strange way, why was this being done to me?

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I tried to do as I was told (if  I didn’t I knew I would get punished) but wearing trousers and playing football just seemed wrong, only on odd occasions could I join the girls and be happy.

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This is how things began and how they would continue for the rest of my life…