~~~ The final rehearsal before the technical and dress rehearsals was in mid-September. I sat next to Vanessa as the cast did a creditable job with th... script. It was the beginning of Act Two and all of a sudden Van, as they all seemed to call her, shouted, “Stop. Weren’t you,” she looked at me over her glasses, “supposed to change that line?” “God, yes, sorry.” She looked up at the stage. “Change that line in your scripts. It seems our wordsmith can't be bothered. Carry on.” Then came the bit. Smoking greatly increases the risksinvolved with hormone therapy," she said. "In fact, further independentreview of previous studies that reported hormone replacement therapycauses blood clots have been shown that blood clots only happen in transwomen who smoke. Also," she said. "Being visibly trans in a transphobicsociety has social risks. While it is possible to stay closeted if you'retaking small doses of anti-androgens, as the changes aren't highlyvisible, estrogen causes changes that can. I moved round the table and looked, i hadnt downclicked mine and petes chat box she called see him and herself. bloody pop ups i said calmly, mum didnt have a clue about computers so i got away with it, What is it she said, I went along with it and said for some reason this keeps happening to my laptop. Can he see us? yeah, wave hell probably wave back, so just then mum stared at the laptop and waved, petes face was a picture, he froze but then waved back. Mum laughed and i was surpised by the. Yeah… I'm Sean Marshall,” I eventually choked out. “Right, Sean, pleased to meet you,” she said, seemingly amused. Her eyes sparkled and the smile became even warmer. “I saw you pull up the other day, but I haven’t seen anyone else. Are your parents around, or do you live here on your own?” I wasn't mature enough to be humiliated by the idea of living with my folks, so my shrug and weak, “I wish,” was an honest rather than a painful admission. “I'm just unpacking some stuff and getting a few.