The freedom to be who you are

The teenage years bring challenges for all young people. For this episode Louise is joined by Jacob Donegan who by the age of six knew he was not in the right body. He tells her about the day he saw a story in a magazine about a girl who ‘transitioned to the boy he was,’ and he turned to tell his father, “that’s me.” Now in his twenties, Jacob has been very open about his transitioning journey on social media. He has 1.2 million followers on TikTok alone. He chats to Louise about navigating his journey and where he found support. He recalls a teacher in secondary school who was understanding and gave him the, “freedom to be who I was.” He is hopeful that schools are becoming more supportive of trans students and tells Louise about an all girls school with one trans student and the school reached out to Jacob and asked him to send in a video they would play for the whole school. Jacob said, “that's empowering. That's amazing. That's beautiful to see.”

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The freedom to be who you are is an episode from Teachers Inspire Ireland by Teachers Inspire Ireland.

This episode is 21:55 long.

This episode was published on Jan 11, 2024.

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