Young transgender woman wants to leave north-east for Brighton

A young woman living in a north-east town who featured in a documentary about transgender people plans on moving to Brighton.

Last year, Brooke Olsen appeared on the BBC Three documentary Tyger Takes On: How Straight Am I? a show which explored issues affecting young adults, focusing on sexuality and sexism.

The 23-year-old, who is currently unemployed after losing her job as a cleaner at the end of last year, ‘came out’ as transgender two years ago and has been finding many people in her hometown Peterhead still don’t accept her for who she is.

Brooke said she often receives verbal abuse and described how she was physically abused in the past, including a terrifying incident where she was attacked from behind and knocked on the back of the head.

Brooke’s segment in the BBC show documented her on a night out in Peterhead and showed the kind of abuse she deals with in the town.

The young lady has no plans for sex reassignment surgery but does want her Adam’s apple shaved, and a breast augmentation.