Description

• Healthy Healing Hubs project of the Guild of Health and St. Raphael and how Nicky first connected with the GoHealth community. 
• Gillian shares her honest discomfort about the conversation and fear of saying the wrong thing. 
• Nicky clarifies that we approach the topic of transgender first and foremost as being humans together. 
• Nicky shares something of her experiences growing up not knowing what Transgender was. 
• Nicky describes the deconstruction journey she and her family went on. 
• Identity is something at the core when the outer shell is removed. 
• Contemplative spirituality as a means of coming back to the original self. 
• Nicky describes the journey she went on before identifying as Transgender and how her family reacted to her transition.  
• Gillian and Nicky describe the significance of names and the importance of names in the process of transition. 
• Challenges of medical waiting lists for someone wanting to transition. 
• The terror of transition at the beginning. And the continual fear of being called out in public places. 
• The Equality Act of 2010 means it is unlawful to discriminate against transgender people. 
• Nicky explains why people transition and the different forms of transition. 
• Gillian and Nicky reflect on the incredible experience of community that connected on WhatsApp when Nicky journeyed through gender reconstruction or gender confirmation surgery.  
• Complications from surgery. 
• God’s presence throughout each stage of the transition journey. 
• Prayers of the Guild of Health and St. Raphael working in the back of an ambulance in November! 
• Nicky shares what she perspective she gained when walking along a beach in Bradwell, Essex. 
• Nicky shares some key questions and things that cisgender people might do to be sensitive to and inclusive of transgender experience.