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The Port Podcast 11: A Journey Through Gender
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28 May 2014 For many of us, gender is something that we think of in black and white terms, a binary of male and female. In the womb, we are prescribed gender identities, before the nucleus of our personalities are even formed. But gender is something more than anatomy: it is something more than physicality. It is beyond the simple, limited terms of 'male' and 'female'. What happens when we challenge these judgements placed upon us? What happens when we take a journey into gender, of our own accord, discovering along the way who we really are, rather than who we are told we should be? In this podcast, we meet Jake, Felix and Matt, three trans-people who are undertaking this very journey. We also talk with activity and professor of equality law, Stephen Whittle OBE, about his experience overcoming the UK's discriminatory laws. Produced by Barney Rowntree Production assistance Betty Wood Music Antony & The Johnsons Special thanks to Professor Stephen Whittle OBE, Jake, Matt, Felix and Jay.
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