(Pronouns - she/her) - Julie spent many decades as a gender non-conforming guy before being diagnosed with gender dysphoria at a gender identity clinic in 2016, and advised to live as a woman 100% of the time to maintain her good mental health; but for relationship reasons, she now leads a genderfluid lifestyle. She is Dorset Area Coordinator for transgender support charity, Chrysalis, she facilitates a transgender support group in a prison, is a member of Wessex Crown Prosecution Service Hate Crime Scrutiny Panel, a Governor of Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust and has her own transgender consultancy, Julie specialises in features and trans health.