I was uncomfortable onstage as an actor - until I came out as trans

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I was uncomfortable onstage as an actor - until I came out as trans
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'As a transgender person – I was only working with my mind and spirit. My body was disconnected as it had no correlation to the person I knew myself to be'. ✍️ Jaden Adams

As I stood on the stage in an improvisation class - with the eyes of my acting teacher and fellow students upon me - I froze.

But the logic always defeated me. To me, acting is about embodying a character within your bones - finding that wonderful equilibrium where you and your character become one and the body, mind and spirit work together. These are the tools we draw on as actors to play our roles authentically.transgender

So I left my course, went to work full-time in a plumbers’ merchants and eventually trained as a gas engineer and plumber. I completed my apprenticeship within a housing association and started working in my ‘proper job’ with a team of mostly older men.

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