I was scared to come out as trans – then I entered a beauty pageant
As a trans woman, it’s no longer safe for me to return to Uganda.
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I want to see more hairy, brown, gender non-conforming bodies like mine
I felt so completely trans, visible and beautiful.
‘I had never met my 7-year-old sister – then I discovered she’d been murdered’
‘Why did she die?’ the newspaper headline asked solemnly beneath a smiling portrait of seven-year-old Stacey Queripel. Tragically, 33 years …
They gave me 6 months to live – then told me I was lucky
‘You have a bone tumour sitting on your right pelvis,’ said my oncologist.
A situationship broke my heart – then the body dysmorphia started
I know now that you can’t weightlift your way out of your unprocessed pain. It can feel like a solution, …
People feel entitled to comment on my disability – it’s exhausting
The woman didn’t mean to hurt me, but her thoughtless words made me feel so small and exposed.
I won’t force him
I want him to do it in his own time, when he’s ready.
It nearly broke us
The nightmare would soon be over. Our idealistic ‘off-grid’ living dream had morphed into a hellscape that nearly broke us.
A&E said I could have died
It felt like someone had a vice-grip on my ribs and was slowly pulling my organs out from underneath.
I had no idea my itchy skin meant I had a deadly disease
The diagnosis came as a shock.
We were about to have sex – but he couldn’t stop crying
He started kissing me with his wet cheeks pressed against mine, snotty nose rubbing against me.
My date went to ‘powder her nose’ – the truth was far worse
My confidence wobbled, but every time I felt myself spiraling. I remembered the waiter telling me it was not my …
‘Endometriosis left me in constant agony and doubly incontinent’
When Laura Packer’s first period arrived on her 12th birthday sleepover, it knocked her sideways. ‘I remember looking down at …
Dad found out I’m queer – he called me an abomination
After being outed and branded an abomination, my dad told me to leave. There was no negotiation, only a finality …
I was moving to Australia for my girlfriend – a stranger’s message stopped me
I had been about to get my revenge by breaking her heart in the most humiliating way – but as …
‘I was going to the toilet 100 times a day – when doctors told me what was wrong, I fainted’
After Sas Parsad started to suffer with stomach problems, he ended up housebound and unable to work
Casual hookups left me feeling empty – I realised I’m demisexual
I realised that I appreciated her looks only in an abstract, detached way. There were no feelings there; no jolt, …