It isn’t easy being trans in a male-dominated field

As a trans and queer couple selling records, we are misgendered and left out of spaces (Picture: Newt Albiston)

‘Hi ladies! I think I’ve seen you both before. Have we met at another fair?’

It was a Saturday morning in Brighton this July, when a man approached my partner and I as we were setting up our table at a record fair.

We had been looking forward to it all week but he managed to instantly kill our vibe.

I look at my partner, Colin, trying not to make too much of a face. 

‘We’re not ladies’, I tried to explain and watched as he became instantly confused. He stood there dumbfounded, then claiming

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