'I just want to see the person I always saw in my head': the story of a face | Curio

'I just want to see the person I always saw in my head': the story of a face

31 mins | Nov 20, 2020

How a trans woman found her sense of self again. Facial feminisation surgery is a reconstructive procedure that has made a greater difference to many trans women’s lives than other operations. But the sought after surgery costs tens of thousands of pounds and is not available on the NHS in most of the UK. In this powerful piece, Jenny Kleeman follows Sophia Drake’s arduous and costly search for the surgery.

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