It all started at the end of the 2013 Autumn Eastbourne weekend when I asked Shane Marcus if he could help me by taking my suitcase to the taxi. Mandy stepped in and said “I’ll do it for you Jameela as Shane is busy”. Since then Mandy and I have become great friends and I always look forward to seeing her at Eastbourne and Transliving Brentwood events where we spend most of the evening on the dance floor together.
Photo by Rachel Mills
What I really like about Mandy is that she sees me for who I really am and accepts me for me. Not once has she tried to change me, like my father does. After all these years of me living fulltime as a woman, he still can’t accept it.