first ever transgender character’.It was a sentence my younger self would have never imagined hearing – not just because it was my dream job, but also because I never thought I would have the courage to come out as transgender.
I came to the conclusion pretty early on in my life that I might be trans, however there were no characters or role models for reference.
I didn’t even really have the words to explain how I was feeling. I kept it to myself, worried that I might be rejected or seen as ‘weird’ or not ‘normal’ (whatever that even is).The fear of telling anyone had become so huge that it didn’t seem like a possibility.