Transgender

When I began my transition, I knew that my voice was going to be one of my greatest hurdles and that somehow tackling that aspect would be critical. While I was doing well as far as my physical appearance was…

I transitioned very late in life, and so was lumbered with a deep male baritone voice that had had over 60 years to install itself deeply into my vocal tract. This presented a huge challenge that previous efforts with other…

As a male to female trans person, I was conscious that however passable or convincing I could make my female appearance, the final and essential change I would need to achieve was my voice. I was aware that, in public,…

Reasons to be cheerful! With apologies to Ian Drury Yes yes dear dear perhaps next year or maybe even never in which case Reasons to be cheerful part 3   You have shaved your legs, bought nice clothes, done your…

Pre therapy: Post therapy: ‘It is never too late to be what you might have been’ – George Eliot 56 may be a somewhat late age to start transitioning, but my life has been such that that was when I…

I had identified a need for voice coaching and found Celia very easily through an online-search engine. I was concerned that I lived a long way from her and we would not be able to meet very often but she…

I had more than a little trepidation meeting Celia for the first time not being sure what to expect and how I would ever sound like the woman I am and hoped to be. Celia is a marvellous person who…