'There are so many things that I would change about my appearance. I'd like to get my nose fixed, my teeth fixed... I feel different on the inside to how I look on the outside, you know?'
When Sarah (29) first arrived at the retreat, she had only been living full time as a woman for a matter of weeks - not even her parents knew she had made such a life-changing decision.
Sarah comes from a deeply religious background and has spent years building up the courage to finally live as a woman. Coming to the retreat was a chance to get help, and get help fast, and Sarah openly admitted that she had a lot to gain, and a lot to learn. But that didn't make arriving easy.
Sarah has not yet had any medical help to change gender. She has not started taking hormones and still has a male body. Each day she wears prosthetic breasts, a £30 wig, and clothes bought from charity shops, all to make her outside match her inside. But, despite the struggle ahead, the future is bright.
Through the course of the series, Sarah builds up the courage to tell her mum about her transition, bringing to an end years of secrecy.
'She's seen me depressed, she's seen the scars, I want to tell her that it's over now. That part of me is gone. The world is full of colour again.'
