there's no need for my gender identity to be placed before a job or before something.

I can understand in modelling, you know, you have male models, female models, fine.

Yeah.

Gender isn't necessarily specific to the fact that I can do a job in front of a camera.

And it's also limiting because it means that I'm often only booked

within campaigns

or within photo shoots

because of my gender identity

and I don't get me wrong,

that is in essence,

positive discrimination.

Fine.

However, it creates a time-specific moment on when you are allowed to work.

Welcome to Doing It with me, Hannah Witten, where we talk all things, sex, relationships, dating and our bodies.

Hello, welcome back to doing it.

This week's guest is none other than the brilliant Jamie Windust.

Jamie is a model, contributing editor at Gay Times, and a recently published author with their

new book, In Their Shoes, Navigating Non-Binary Life.

In this episode, we chat all about their book, What Makes Jamie Feel Gender Euphoria?

What is Chosen Family and Why Is It So Important?

We get into the role of fashion and makeup in Jamie's journey discovering and learning about their gender.

We talk about experiences dating, de-pedestalling romance and Jamie's Snapchat archive.

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