...I was desperate to write a trans character for whom it wasn't really an issue. After you come out, after the initial makeover and being on hormones for a few years, what happens next? That's a story nobody tells... (Juno Dawson)

...I was desperate to write a trans character for whom it wasn't really an issue. After you come out, after the initial makeover and being on hormones for a few years, what happens next? That's a story nobody tells...

Juno Dawson

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