A Girl to a Man

I thought I'd do my own little bit of awareness-raising to show the hardships that some people in that trans community go through every day.

Fans can spend hours, days and weeks making costumes by hand and I know a friend whose average Cosplay takes months to make. The love, care and intricacy she puts into her costumes is jaw-dropping.

On an especially sunny day, my Dad got home a little earlier from work so we decided to go a trip on his motorbike. I was ecstatic, running upstairs to get the leather gear on. I put the thick leather jacket on; the material groaning a little. The thing with protective motorbike leathers is they have to be tight to your skin to reduce the drag from the wind as you're hurtling down the road. That was the only thing about wearing the leathers I didn't like; my chest, which stuck out a little.

Everyone should have bragging rights. Whether the task you've completed is minuscule or enormous, you should have the right to tell everyone if you feel proud of your achievement.

I tell myself time and time again that it is never a good idea for me to cut my own hair. I do usually pop down to the local barbers and get it done properly, but this time for some reason unbeknown to me, I thought that it was a marvellous idea.

At a young age I felt like I was a normal child.