I have been far happier living openly in the gender identity that corresponds with my internal feelings and have never regretted this decision.īMH: I’ve never really been in a position to hide my sexuality for most of my adult life it’s mostly been a case of confirming that I was gay rather than “coming out.” As a PhD student I was the LGBT SU officer at Sussex University, so I had a large profile as an LGBT+ student, I knew other LGBT+ PhD students and the campus was very welcoming anyway. Indeed from the time I transitioned, all of my friends, students, and colleagues have been very strongly supportive. However, after discussing with several close colleagues, I decided that my friends and colleagues would be supportive. As this was 23 years ago, a time when there had been few openly transgender scientists, I did initially worry about potential repercussions to my career. BB: About 2 years after I started my lab at Stanford, I realized that I was transgender and decided to transition from female to male.
