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I've been transitioning for 12 years now after realising I was trans (by accident!) at sixteen years old. I knew I was a boy since the age of four, but realised whilst growing up that I was different. It was only in my teens that I found the words to express who I was and what I needed to do. Since then, I've been on testosterone for more than a decade - I know, I can't believe it either - I've also had top and bottom surgery and legally changed my sex, so I know a few things about the transitioning process and being trans!

I want to welcome you to The T in LGBT where you can explore and learn about so many topics surrounding gender identity: realising you're trans, starting hormones, considering surgery, and everything in between. Whether you're questioning your own identity and are looking for advice on certain stages of transition, or whether you're wanting to learn about the trans experience to support someone or understand allyship, I hope this book can be your one-stop guide to everything trans related.

And don't just take my word for it either - this book is packed full of advice, tips, and the personal stories of a range of trans voices, because no one journey is the same.",{"_795":963,"_797":976,"_777":977},"audience","Trade",{"_795":963,"_797":979,"_777":980},"publisher","Ebury Publishing",{"_795":963,"_797":802,"_777":982},"Trade Cloth",{"_795":963,"_797":984,"_777":985},"onix_binding","Hardback",{"_795":963,"_797":987,"_777":988},"language","English",{"_795":963,"_797":990,"_777":991},"bic_subject","SOCIOLOGY",{"_795":963,"_797":993,"_777":994},"publish_date","2023-06-29",{"_795":963,"_797":996,"_777":997},"page_count","272",{"_795":963,"_797":805,"_777":999},"Vermilion",{"_795":811,"_797":350,"_777":812},{"_795":811,"_797":1002,"_777":818},"onorder_auckland",{"_795":811,"_797":1004,"_777":1005},"last_received_auckland","20/10/2023",{"_795":811,"_797":1007,"_777":1008},"price_auckland","42.0",{"_795":811,"_797":1010,"_777":1011},"stock_auckland","2",{"_795":828,"_797":829,"_777":1013},"Gender Studies",{"_795":828,"_797":350,"_777":1013},{"_795":828,"_797":834,"_777":1016},"GENDER",{"_795":828,"_797":1018,"_777":1016},"codes_auckland",{"_795":828,"_797":839,"_777":1020},"FEMINISM",{"_795":828,"_797":1022,"_777":1020},"sub_auckland",{"_795":828,"_797":845,"_777":1020},{"_795":828,"_797":1025,"_777":1020},"main_auckland",{"_795":828,"_797":849,"_777":850},{"_795":828,"_797":855,"_777":1028},"ESS",{"_795":828,"_797":1030,"_777":1005},"department_auckland",{"_762":1032},[1033],{"_765":116,"_766":-5,"_130":1034,"_209":1035,"_768":1043,"_774":1044,"_17":1046,"_778":1047,"_780":1048},"gid://shopify/ProductVariant/43586099708101",{"_1036":1037,"_1038":1039,"_130":1040,"_35":950,"_1041":1042},"altText","T in LGBT: Everything You Need To Know About Being Trans Cover Image","height",2048,"gid://shopify/ProductImage/34883688923333","width",1302,{"_770":771,"_772":1008},[1045],{"_751":752,"_777":1046},"Default Title","9781785044298",{"_782":1049},[1050],{"_785":1051},{"_787":116,"_133":1052},{"_751":347},{"_130":1054,"_17":1055,"_742":1056,"_759":1057,"_792":1059,"_760":1109},"gid://shopify/Product/10399422513349","The Light of Day","light-of-day",{"_35":1058},"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0625/6679/3413/files/978-1-0354-2154-1.jpg?v=1793657882",[1060,1062,1064,1065,1067,-5,1069,1070,1071,1073,1075,1077,1078,1080,1082,1084,-5,-5,1085,1087,-5,1089,-5,1090,-5,1091,1092,-5,1094,-5,1096,-5,1098,1099,-5,1100,1101,-5,1102,1103,-5,1104,1105,-5,1106,-5,-5,1107,1108,-5],{"_795":796,"_797":17,"_777":1061},"Light of Day",{"_795":796,"_797":799,"_777":1063},"STEPHENS CHRISTOPHER AND RADNOFSKY LOUISE",{"_795":796,"_797":802,"_777":803},{"_795":796,"_797":805,"_777":1066},"HEADLI",{"_795":796,"_797":960,"_777":1068},"GARD",{"_795":963,"_797":964,"_777":815},{"_795":963,"_797":17,"_777":1055},{"_795":963,"_797":968,"_777":1072},"The Moving True Story of the First Man to Come Out As Gay",{"_795":963,"_797":799,"_777":1074},"Louise Radnofsky; Christopher Stephens",{"_795":963,"_797":973,"_777":1076},"'Your book is the \"really good book. Just one\" that Roger Butler would have wanted' - Sir Ian McKellen

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'Sir, we are homosexuals . . .'

So began the letter penned by Roger Butler and sent to several British newspaper editors - some of whom were so shocked they thought it was a hoax - in June 1960. Writing such a letter seven years before the decriminalisation of homosexuality was a radical and dangerous move. It was a risk that set a major milestone in the fight for gay rights - one that has been almost entirely forgotten.

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'Remarkable . . . a splendidly sprawling part biography, part autobiography, part history and part social commentary . . . the result, a true account, benefits greatly from a lightness, a candour untethered to any agenda or argument' - Times Literary Supplement

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In Guilty Pleasure, investigative journalist and FT reporter Patricia Nilsson turns her attention to an industry few have dared to confront, and tells the story of pornography in the online age. Drawing on more than five years of reporting, Nilsson reveals how the internet turned the business of erotic art into something else entirely: a vast, secretive industry dominated by obscure owners, platform logic and profit at almost any cost. She traces how porn helped to shape the online world, and then spilled far beyond it - restructuring everyday life and saturating society with its logic of stimulation, self-soothing and craving.

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by Talia Bhatt