I loved acting and I loved the rehearsal room and being able to be somebody else. It was where I felt confident, the place where at last I fitted in, and I loved theatre because it made me feel as if there was a place for me in the world. But it was while acting the girls' parts I discovered that I'd be so much happier living as a girl and that was such a horrifying discovery for me at that time that theatre became tainted by it. It was a place of fear and shame.
