“Not long after the operation…My vulva is still bruised and swollen though healing well. I am happier, more complete than I have ever been in my whole life. What have I got in the bag? The blood of surgery? Or the blood and tears of a life lived long in fear and shame? The blood of my own betrayal of self and others? Or the blood on the hands of a society that perpetuates ignorance, fear and discrimination?”
