Part 2 of our interview with Katie Neeves, Trans Ambassador and Founder & Director of Cool2BTrains.

In this episode we talk further about Katie's journey to coming out as transgender in 2018. We talk to Katie about her work as a Trans Ambassador and how society needs to change.

Katie Neeves has been a professional photographer for 36 years, but she came out publicly in 2018 as being transgender after living for 48 years as a man.

Katie formed Cool2BTrans to support and inspire other trans people and to educate everyone else about trans people, using humour to break down barriers.

Katie appears regularly in the media, being on both ITV's and the BBC's lists of experts and being a BBC Sounds podcast presenter. She has won many awards for her work as a trans ambassador, including the British Diversity Awards "Hero of the Year" award.

To follow Katie and to find out more about her company Cool2BTrans:

Website: ⁠www.cool2btrans.co.uk⁠

Facebook: ⁠www.facebook.com/cool2btrans⁠

X: ⁠@cool2btrans⁠

Instagram: ⁠cool2btrans⁠

TikTok: ⁠@cool2btrans⁠

YouTube: ⁠http://www.youtube.com/c/Cool2BTrans

⁠Other Support & resources (taken from Cool2BTrans website)

⁠Mermaids⁠ (charity supporting trans and non-binary children and their families)

⁠Trans’pirational⁠ (Facebook support group for trans and gender non-conforming people)

⁠Parents of Transgender Adults UK⁠ (Facebook support group for parents of trans adults)

⁠Distinction Support⁠ (support group for partners of trans and non-binary people)

⁠Gendered Intelligence⁠ (charity promoting the understanding of gender diversity)

⁠Tranzwiki⁠ (trans information portal)

⁠Trans Radio UK⁠: (Internet radio station made by trans people, for trans people)

TRUK Listens⁠ – Telephone support service for trans people who need someone to talk to – call: 0800 009 6640.

⁠T&Coffee⁠ (trans support and social group)

⁠Supporting BAME Trans People⁠ (Guide from GIRES for supporting BAME trans people – includes links to support groups)

⁠Reengage Find a Rainbow Call Companion⁠ (Free telephone befriending service for elderly LGBTQIA+ people)

⁠MindOut⁠ (LGBTQ+ mental health support charity)

⁠Samaritans⁠ (listening service for people who need someone to talk to in a crisis)

⁠You and Your  Gender Identity: A Guide to Discovery⁠  –  Excellent self-help book for people who are questioning their gender identity, by Dara Hoffman-Fox

⁠The Trans Partner Handbook: A guide for when your partner transitions⁠ – A self-help book for partners of trans people, by Jo Green