Kit Marie records their chat while undergoing electrolysis treatment from Abigail Best! All the while they chat about electrolysis treatment, the geography in voice and language, access to treatment on the NHS, and more!

Abigail is a fully licenced electrolysist with over 30 years’ experience and offers permanent hair removal to everyone including transgender clients, pre-GRS electrolysis, polycystic ovaries and other hormonal based hair related concerns. She is based in Huntingdonshire in the East of England, near to the city of Cambridge.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

-What is electrolysis? (https://www.webmd.com/beauty/cosmetic-procedures-electrolysis) 

-Gender dysphoria (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gender-dysphoria/treatment/) 

-Gender clinic locations and wait-times (https://genderkit.org.uk/resources/wait-times/) 

-“How One Man Convinced 200 Ku Klux Klan Members To Give Up Their Robes” (NPR - https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544861933/how-one-man-convinced-200-ku-klux-klan-members-to-give-up-their-robes) 

-Gender Identity in the Census 2021 (https://geogramblings.com/2021/02/14/gender-identity-in-the-2021-census/) 

-Alexander the Great ‘Bunk about Beards’ (https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-gb/blogs/ancient-history-blog/bunk-about-beards)

-National Geographic ‘Beards & Mustaches’ Weird History’ (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/beards-mustaches-weird-history)

Support services:

-Terrence Higgins Trust (https://www.tht.org.uk/hiv-and-sexual-health/sexual-health/trans-people/resources)

-Trans Unite (https://www.transunite.co.uk/)  

-Women’s Resource Centre: Help & Support Services (https://www.wrc.org.uk/help-support-services) 

Expand your geography network and connect with Abigail via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/abbybestgreatpaxton) and website (https://abigailbestelectrolysisandbeautytherapy.com/) 

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