'Unashamedly Me' - from mechanic to author
Published on Saturday 24 March 2012 09:00
http://www.leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk/news/local-news/unashamedly-me-from-mechanic-to-author-1-3655583TWO YEARS after the Leighton Buzzard Observer broke the story about a transsexual mechanic in Leighton who had been shunned by her customers for revealing 'he' was actually a 'she', Teraina Hird has now become a published author telling of her ordeal in order to help others overcome prejudice.
has just published a 226 page book called 'Unashamedly Me - the story of a transsexual woman's struggle to become herself' which tells her story in a frank and sometimes amusing way, but be prepared for sadness along the way as she reveals all.
Teraina tells how as a child she realised she had been born in a man's body and then goes on to described her tormented teenage years not really knowing what was wrong and questioning whether she was just gay?
