Interview with Serena (pt 3)
- Reference Number: DW-94/1/19/3
- Date: 2013
- Level: Piece
- Extent: 1 item
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Description: 0.10- talks about changing her name, it was quite an easy process
0.30- ?my doctor he wasn?t very supportive at all he actually just told me to go to church, yeah and pray to god and to me that was just like that doesn?t make any sense you know I?m catholic myself you know and I thought that was quite pathetic so? ended up changing doctor, who had had experience with trans people before, gave Serena the right hormones and referred her to London
1.35- it was all an unknown journey she had to teach herself, she might have listened to other people?s experiences, but had to go on her own journey
2.50- ?Sometimes you don?t need words to express your feelings, you just need that motion and you know passion to actually release that kind of feeling?
3.20- her past does sometimes haunt her but tries not to use it as an excuse, that means you?re stuck, you have to be selfish sometimes and help yourself move on
5- Talks about video games, going to the gym, loves shopping, learning about makeup through Youtube, tries to educate herself every day, very curious
6.45- demonstration of her drawing
7.25- ?I don?t know really how to put things into words I just tend to like drawing them instead?
9.05- wants to catch up with life, the things she has missed, felt like time was frozen for her
10.25- drawing helps her feel free and happy
11.30- talks about expressing herself through her art
12.30- talks about the freedom of dancing
15.50- talks about others experiencing transphobia, shares their pain
17.05- ?I knew who I was but I didn?t know how to explain it?
20- Talks about what it was like growing up in the wrong body, also about meeting/flirting with new people and if/when to tell them. Gives example of a guy kissing her and then her friends telling him Serena is Trans, and he punched a wall. She was really scared
22.15- wants people to get to know her before telling them
23.30- Charing Cross, they sorted out her surgery and counselling, they knew straight away she was Trans
- Access Status: Open
- Contact: Wolverhampton Archives, Wolverhampton Archives & Local Studies