Tonight, we meet Penn, who affirmed their true self later in life. Realised being male at the age of four and a half five, went through life extremely unhappy with parental, and societal, pressures to behave in a feminine, lady-like manner: mentally painful, very painful, all exacerbated by living in a regional area. Coming out as trans non-binary in 2016 was scary, lost friends, but to quote Penn, “it’s the BEST thing I ever did!”.
Hosted by Ricki Spencer, a Trans Sociologist.
Pharrell Shaymar grew up feeling that each day was like being in a bad dream, knew early on, in the wrong body, supposed to be a man, experiencing reduced opportunity in high school, a boxer community activist, PAD Trainer, with sport becoming an important part of his life, learning to accept himself, and doing away…
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