Transitions: Amy

Transitions is a new mini-series from the GenderGP podcast. GenderGP team member, Cleo Madeleine, will be joined by members of the community to talk about the journeys they have been on, the transitions they have been through and the moments that changed everything. If you’d like to know more about our services you can contact us, or read more on our website. If you’ve got a story of your own you’d like to share, why not reach out on social media where you can find us at @GenderGP on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.   Ask A Question   We are always happy to accept ideas for future shows, so if there is something in particular you would like us to discuss, or a specific guest you would love to hear from, let us know. Your feedback is really important to us. If you could take a minute or two to leave us a review and rating for the podcast on your favourite podcast app, it will help others to discover us.   The GenderGP Podcast Transitions: Amy   Hi There. My name's Cleo Madeline from GenderGP, and I'm stepping in for Dr. Helen Weberley for a special new mini series of the GenderGP podcast. Over the next few weeks, we'll hear firsthand accounts through members of the community about journeys they've been on the transitions they've been through and the moments that changed everything.   Cleo Madeleine: Hi everyone. And welcome back to another episode of the GenderGP podcast. I'm Cleo Madeline. My pronouns are she/her and here in the studio with us today is Amy. Hi Amy. Thank you so much for joining us today. Could you just tell us a little bit about who you are and what it is that you do? Amy: Hi, thanks so much for the invite. So my name's Amy, my pronouns are she/her as well, so I'm a bit more ordinary than everyone else. So I work for Royal Mail, so not massively trans focused, I guess, but more down to earth. Cleo Madeleine: I, and I wouldn't say that working for Royal Mail is ordinary at all. I was gonna say, I think that's quite exciting, but obviously as someone who doesn't work for Royal mail, I've got a very romantic view of, of the job. Amy: it's very interesting. Cleo Madeleine: Yeah, exactly. It's important. You must be busy then with Christmas ramping up. Yes. Amy: Very, very busy. Cleo Madeleine: I guess. Yeah. Let's start off by talking about that a bit. So was it something you always wanted to do or something you just sort of fell into? Amy: Um, I fell into it really. I've only ever had two jobs, so obviously the job I have now and before that I just worked in Asda. So bit more run of the mill Cleo Madeleine: Royal mail is definitely more exciting than Asda. Yeah. having worked retail myself. I, I definitely take Royal mail over it. Yeah. So how long have you been doing that now? Amy: Um, so I've been working for Royal Mail for two and a half years now. Oh, Cleo Madeleine: Cool. You must meet a lot of people or I guess the other way around a lot of people must get to meet Amy: You. Yeah. So cuz we have the same round every day, at least I do. So I see the same about 580 houses every day. Cleo Madeleine: Wow. That's really cool. So how do you find meeting so many new people as like a member of the LGBT+ community? Cause it must be quite a lot. Amy: Yes, it is a lot to begin. I don't even know how I did it obviously, because they've seen me because people have seen me every day from when I first start to transition to now, hopefully that's had a positive impact on the way look at trans people cause they can see me and they, they to talk to me every day and they still know that I'm just an old person just doing my job.