During Dr Helen Webberley’s hearing we’re bringing you Transitions, a new mini-series from the GenderGP podcast. GenderGP team member, Cleo Madeleine, will be joined by members of the community to talk about the journeys they have been on, the transitions they have been through and the moments that changed everything.

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 The GenderGP PodcastTransitions: ClarkHi there. My name is Cleo Madeleine from GenderGP, and I'm stepping in for Dr. Helen Webberley for a special new mini-series of the GenderGP Podcast. Over the next few weeks, we'll hear firsthand accounts from members of the community about the journeys they've been on the transitions they've been through and the moments that changed everything.

Cleo Madeleine:Hi there, everyone. This is Cleo Madeleine, my pronouns are she/her, and today in the studio with me, I have Clark. Clark, could you just tell us a little bit about yourself and what it is that you do here at GenderGP?

Clark:I'm a patient pathway advisor, so I mostly answer patient questions and queries, make sure everybody has the information that they need. If there's any questions or concerns, then I help handle those. For something about myself, I'm from the United States, I'm from Florida originally, came over to go to art school, got a BA in illustration. So I'm creative, originally.

Cleo Madeleine:That's amazing. So what sort of illustration did you use to do, or do you still do?

Clark:I still do it, mostly mixed media. So I like doing collages, large-scale stuff. I also did a few short stories illustrated, a couple of which were published, but I'm not sure where that ended up is, as it usually goes.

Cleo Madeleine:That's really cool though, because like, there are so many interesting people out there you know, in the company, in the community who can do amazing things like this, but you never find that out if all you ever talk about is, like, the trans issues. And then those are really, really important to talk about, but they're not everything, you know? So what brought you to this line of work, then?

Clark:I also have a history in administration. A lot of what I did was, at my previous role, I worked with education and local government. So I'm very used to working with vulnerable populations and as a trans person, myself, this is kind of my vulnerable population. So I wanted to put my skills towards kind of helping out, especially because there aren't that many organizations or, or people that are sort of together cohesively and sort of working towards addressing kind of immediate needs, you know, healthcare access, support, that kind of thing.

Cleo Madeleine:That's so true. I come from like an administrative background in education, but also I was in academia for a while. And what are the things that really struck me while I was, there was the lack of provision for, you know, marginalized groups in general, but also for trans people specifically. And I came out of that thinking, you know, yeah, where are the services? Where is the support? So how long have you been with GGP?

Clark:Not very long. About five months now.