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Being transgender at GDS

Posted by: Laura Martin, Posted on: 28 September 2016 - Categories: GDS team, People and skills
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...that I wanted to transition full time to live my life as a woman rather than as a man. During 2015 I had come out as transgender to everyone outside...

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