Generate offered me a safe environment

I came out as trans male at the age of 12 and found myself in a rather bleak situation. I was lucky enough to be able to access support from GIDs and Mermaids and attend various trans youth support groups and mental health services.

But still the combination of crushing gender dysphoria and the demonisation of trans youth (in media and everyday life) left me frightened and depressed often to the point of agoraphobia, self-harm and into my later-teen years, various forms of substance abuse.

…and through finding Generate my mental health and coping mechanisms have vastly improved.

In recent years with necessary medical attention and through finding Generate my mental health and coping mechanisms have vastly improved. Generate offered me a safe and controlled environment to be able to talk to trans adults of all ages, discuss hardships, and living life as a trans person, to people who have similar experiences; and can offer moral support, advice, and genuine, non-patronising empathy.

A – age 19. (He/Him)