Ipswich: Transsexual hate crime victim considered suicideMonday, July 2, 2012, 12:02 PM
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Julia FordJULIA Ford said she contemplated suicide before making the life-changing decision to become a transsexual at the age of 49.
She said: "I used to sleep with a razor blade at the side of the* bed. It was either change or commit suicide.
"I got to a point where I was so depressed I couldn't carry on living the life I was living. One morning I woke up, looked at the razor blade, picked it up, but put in a drawer and went to see my doctor.
"I then went to a solicitor to change my name."
Miss Ford started taking hormone therapy around three years ago and describes herself as a pre-op transsexual.
