”My favourite line is that I’m a referee and I’m transgender, so I’ve got the thickest skin you could possibly have.”
It's a pithy catchphrase, one potentially fit for a superhero. But Lucy Clark quickly dismisses any Herculean comparisons. Instead, Clark laughs as she says it, and it’s difficult not to join in with her contagious personality.
Five years have passed since the now 50-year-old Londoner came out as England’s first-ever transgender referee. And if there’s one thing to note from the half decade that has transpired, it’s that Clark – with her long, deep hazel hair and white-hot pink nails speaking against the Google chat-provided backdrop of supple pink and purple clouds – has grown ever more comfortable in her real skin.
