Eliss Chen (she/her), as featured on The Straits Times, on the surge of LGBTQ+ folks coming out, her own journey as a 'late-bloomer' trans woman, and why rise of TikTok/social media signals the loss of safe spaces.
Watch on YouTube: The Great Coming Out | Late Bloomer Trans Woman Shares Her Story
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📚 BOOKS / RESEARCH MENTIONED
The surprising geography of American left-handedness https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/09/22/the-surprising-geography-of-american-left-handedness/
She's Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband by Helen Boyd
⏰ Timecodes
(0:00) Intro
(3:18) Growing up as a boy
(7:20) New Year's resolution - the trigger behind the transition
(10:52) Cross-dressing
(14:57) Forums vs social media
(24:01) Left-handed analogy - why there's a spike
(26:56) Resources for trans folks
(38:05) Would you have transitioned earlier?
(40:41) Observations - guys vs girls
(47:12) Buddhist analogy for transitioning
(49:05) Straits Times article
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