We need transgender people to come out and society to accept them
Helen calls for transgender people to come out like gay people did, creating a visible force to show they exist and are normal, while educating medical professionals to make trans care as routine as contraception
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Dr Helen Webberley, Gender Specialist and Medical Educator
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