‘Trans voice therapy allowed my dad to finally hear the real me’

Trans dysphoria is the mental and emotional anguish caused by your voice and gender identity not aligning (Picture: Metro/Getty Images)

Opal always hated the sound of her voice. Speaking on the phone, hailing a cab or ordering a drink – all of it was nerve-wracking.

But there was just one person that she wanted to hear her after coming out as trans – her father, who was suffering from hearing loss.

So Opal spent weeks doing vocal warm-ups, reading menus aloud and speaking in character voices to move her pitch to a range he could hear.

‘To be able to talk to my dad, in public, and not have to choose betwe...