"Transitioning is an alignment of the invisible and the physical. It is truth rising to the surface. It is one of the most fundamental aspects of the human condition—a part of our experience as a conscious being, no matter who we are.
As time goes on, we all develop as people. None of us ever becomes someone else entirely—regardless of how we identify - but nor do we stay the same forever. We all transition. It's what binds us, not what separates us.
In Transitional, activist and writer Munroe Bergdorf draws on her own experience and theory from key experts, change-makers and activists to reveal just how deeply ingrained transitioning is in human experience.
This is a book to help bring us closer to a shared consciousness: a powerful guide to how our differences can be harnessed as a tool to heal, build community, and construct a better society."
In February 2018, she was appointed as an LGBT adviser to the Labour Party but resigned shortly. She was featured in the Channel 4 documentary What Makes a Woman, which aired in May 2018.
She can boast the title of the ‘Changemaker of the Year’ at the 2018 Cosmopolitan Awards, and an honorary doctorate in 2019 by the University of Brighton.
Growing up as a "very effeminate boy", at the age of 24, Bergdorf began her gender transition and was the subject of an episode of the London Live show Drag Queens of London. In 2014, the London Evening Standard referred to her as "a cornerstone of London's trans scene." She came to public attention in August 2017 when she was employed as the first transgender model to front a L'Oréal campaign in the UK, being announced as one of 27 models taking part in L'Oréal UK's "True Match" campaign.
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