Told lives: the people behind the questions. Concept-and-character pieces narrated by Dr Helen Webberley, drawn from the things people actually live through.
When a trans woman tells her young children she is transitioning, the hardest part is rarely the conversation itself. Children measure a…
Some marriages do not break when one partner transitions. They get truer. The love that was always there turns out to have been about the…
A sibling's acceptance of a gender transition is rarely instant and is almost never straightforward. What it usually looks like is an older…
Grandparents accepting a trans grandchild often find the path they take is not the one anyone expected. Sora's grandmother did not know the…
Transition and parenthood are not an either/or. Freezing sperm before starting hormones is a fertility preservation option many trans women…
Co-parenting after coming out as trans is hard, and it is also completely possible. The practical work of raising children together does…
No. Accepting your child as they were did not make them trans. What it did was give them a safe enough place to show you who they already…
Being a trans parent at the school gate can feel like the most exposed you have ever been, even when nothing bad happens. Amara described…
Dating after you transition raises a question nobody really prepares you for: when do you tell someone you're trans, and how? There is no…
I have been thinking about that a lot lately, the idea that every trans adult was once a trans child. It sounds obvious when you say it out…
When a school won't support a trans child, the mother who fights back often finds she has to become a policy expert to protect the son she…
Telling the person you love that you are trans is one of the most terrifying conversations a person can face. The fear is not only of…