My journey started at a very young age. I had wanted to do medicine, but with dyslexia, I wasn’t going to be able to do that. I got accepted for a pilots course, which had it’s plusses and minuses. The high ego, high testosterone people in the airforce made it a struggle to survive in that industry and I was never really accepted. I then went on to civil aviation. In reality the struggle was no easier, so whenever I hear about where you put your story forward, I’m always happy to share because no-one should have to put up with the struggle that I put up with and I’m always eager to help anyone on their journey if I can. One of the biggest helps I have ever received was being welcomed into the community of TGD Bendigo and Beyond. Through the initial contact, it inspired me to chase after changing my gender on all my documentation. By doing that, it was the start of empowering me in my real gender. It encouraged me to express myself as my true self. I was really honoured to be photographed in the beautiful old Town Hall. The poses he asked me to do and the positions he put me in did a lot for my self esteem as they made me feel really, really feminine.