‘My life had no future’: How it felt to come out as trans in the 70s

Metro speaks to Transgender youth and elders about their experiences (Picture: Getty)‘When I first came out, there was no internet, mobile phone, or knowledge available. I didn’t know much about myself,’ Bobbi Pickard, 55, tells Metro.Instead, she recalls, it was a childhood filled with isolation and fear. ‘I knew I was trans from the age of three, and I wanted to be me,’ says Bobbi.
Living openly was simply unthinkable. ‘There weren’t any trans people c