# transgender
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22:59Bathrooms aren't the issue: Sophie's lived experienceLeanne Elliott: Yeah Sophie Wood: You know, you want to keep yourself safe. You don't want to cause any trouble. You don't want to upset the apple cart, you know. And that's, I think, where most trans people are coming fEP 199 · 22 May 2025·interview· 22:59–25:0828:47Tip 1: Rethink your inclusion trainingSophie Wood: Lots of kind of traditional trans education is like, this is trans person, this is non-binary, this definition of this, that, and the other. And you just want to poke your eyes out after about half an hour bEP 199 · 22 May 2025·interview· 28:47–30:102:19Introducing Danielle and Sophie WoodLeanne Elliott: Yes, Danielle and Sophie Wood, from university sweethearts navigating the complexities of gender transition. Danielle and Sophie have weathered many of life's storms together. Their journey encompasses chEP 77 · 8 Feb 2024·intro· 2:19–4:105:12The police misunderstanding storySophie Wood: But if I look at my personal journey, just to put it all into context, when I was in my mid-30s, I had, from an outlooker's perspective, kind of dream life. So I had a great job working in UK policing. BeautEP 77 · 8 Feb 2024·panel interview· 5:12–10:0912:03Danielle and Sophie's full story beginsDanielle Wood: When Sophie first told me that she was transgender, it was, I think, in the April of that year. And then the incident in the kitchen was kind of later on that summer. And it was— it kind of rocked our worlEP 77 · 8 Feb 2024·panel interview· 12:03–17:3317:37How Sophie's colleagues reacted at workSophie Wood: So my experience in the workplace has been largely positive because of the people. who are working with me and the way that they actually kind of treat me. Now, because they're dealing with me day in, day ouEP 77 · 8 Feb 2024·panel interview· 17:37–18:4819:03The 'sex is immutable' argument, unpackedSophie Wood: It's, it's not a mental health condition. It's, it's, it's quite difficult to explain to people because it's just kind of an innate, an innate, um, feeling. In my case, I'm a binary trans woman, so my genderEP 77 · 8 Feb 2024·panel interview· 19:03–21:3137:46Danielle's journey as a partnerDanielle Wood: I think when you're a partner of somebody that's going through a transition, it's— for me anyway, it was a journey I didn't think I would be on, one that I didn't want to be on, and one that I had a very aEP 77 · 8 Feb 2024·panel interview· 37:46–39:2440:40Resources — Trans Britain and moreSophie Wood: So the first one— I do recommend this— is It's called Trans Britain: Our Journey from the Shadows by the wonderful Christine Burns. And if you really want to kind of find out what really the trans community EP 77 · 8 Feb 2024·panel interview· 40:40–42:27
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