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Former drag queen gets handed babies in airports.  Sounds like a headline from a gossip magazine!  But this is life for this Strong Manchester Woman - well that is since she closed the door on her male privilege. In this episode, your host Vic Elizabeth Turnbull speaks to award-winning performer and writer Kate O’Donnell. Kate’s also the founder of the pioneering arts company Trans Creative, who make award-winning theatre and curate the Manchester trans arts festival, Trans Vegas. Trans Creative uses creativity to reach communities and organisations across the country, sharing trans experiences to help create trans allies.  In this episode Kate talks openly about, what it’s really like to live as a trans-woman fighting negativity with fabulous creativity making space for older women leaving a stable, well-paid job to follow her passion finding love in her fifties sobriety  why she looks up to Mary Portas Links and information Find out more about Trans Creative on their website (https://transcreative.uk/) (you can also get the ‘#StandbyYourTrans’ t-shirts here too) Kate’s on twitter here (https://twitter.com/kateodonnellx) Mermaids (https://www.mermaidsuk.org.uk/) is the charity that supports young trans people, children and their families Listen to other Strong Manchester Manchester Women podcast episodes visit, www.MICmedia.co.uk/StrongManchesterWomenPodcast (http://www.micmedia.co.uk/StrongManchesterWomenPodcast) Strong Manchester Women  The podcast is inspired by the annual Strong Women campaign. The 14 women profiled in this podcast were selected for the 2019 campaign. For more information about the women visit The Pankhurst Trust’s website (https://www.pankhursttrust.org/get-involved/events/strong-manchester-women-display) .  Credits  Produced, edited and artwork by MIC Media www.MICmedia.co.uk (http://www.micmedia.co.uk) @MICmediauk (http://www.twitter.com/micmediauk) Next Episode Released 25th September