Juliet Jacques: 'I spent years pretending to be male'
http://www.theguardian.com/global/2015/sep/13/juliet-jacques-trapped-in-wrong-society-not-wrong-body-trans-extract-memoir
The Guardian
Juliet Jacques
Sunday 13 September 2015 04.00 EDT
Brighton 2004
A letter dropped into our family home, informing me that the Arts and Humanities Research Board would not pay the tuition fees for my masters or provide a living allowance. I'd made plans to become an academic, but that prospect was now looking bleak. Phil – one of my closest friends from childhood who was going to do a masters in international relations – had found us a flat near the seafront. But moving in that September, I soon realised I'd have to study part time and find a job – quickly. Leaving full-time education meant adult responsibilities: for my 22nd birthday, I got £20 from my grandmother and a £1,000 council tax bill.
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Long excerpt from Juliet's memoir. Interesting read.