Ruby Taylor, a student at the University of Leeds has lived for 21 years but only now is she starting to live as she wants. Ruby is a trans woman and has been on hormones for a few years.
Ruby began transitioning when she first started studying but as is the case, she and other trans people have found the wait times to be overwhelming. Ruby was told that should she want to transition through the NHS it would take years so she's taken to finding private treatment, which is much quicker but also much more expensive.
She was depressed as a child, unhappy with herself and missed out on the life others had. After an initial consultation with her GP, she began looking for private practices to help speed up the process.
