Gender-affirming surgery. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not widely available on the NHS and a lot of it you have to pay for yourself.
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A BMW 6 series convertible. It was smashing.
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To my mum, for never being able to live up to what she would have liked me to be. She always wanted me to be a little princess and I was never going to be that.
I am happiest right now. Things are going really well – my professional life, my personal life, my family life.
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