People have been taking the piss out of trans people for 60 years. The narrative on trans issues has been controlled by people who have no understand… - Paris Lees

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People have been taking the piss out of trans people for 60 years. The narrative on trans issues has been controlled by people who have no understanding of them. Social media is about us grabbing the narrative back and telling our own stories – this is our reality, this is what we go through and this is what matters to us. We're here, we're in your face, we definitely exist. That's the most important thing – realising we exist.

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About Paris Lees

is an English author, journalist, presenter and campaigner. She topped The Independent on Sundays 2013 , came second in the 2014 , and was awarded the Positive Role Model Award for LGBT in the 2012 National Diversity Awards. Lees is the first trans columnist at Vogue and was the first trans woman to present shows on and . Her first book, What It Feels Like For a Girl, was published by Penguin in 2021.

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