On the 23rd of September we will be doing the Lochness Marathon 10k run to raise funds for our friend and to donate to our local LGBT+ community to help individuals with any challenges they may face.

“An umbrella term for people who feel their real gender is different from their birth gender, transgender people are referenced in almost every major religion and society - with varying degrees of tolerance and acceptance. For centuries in Britain we were a mainly hidden minority, afraid to come out for fear of losing our families, spouses, friends, jobs and lives as we knew them. Recent equality law has in theory helped safeguard our livelihoods and the introduction of same-sex marriage has meant we no longer have to divorce our partners if we choose to transition. But it is still not a decision that people make lightly.

Although we cannot access precise figures about the size of the UK's transgender population, the community is growing - what we can be sure of, is that each individual’s experience of living a trans life is entirely unique.”

Our fellow team member and my best friend is going through this journey right now, the amount of issues that people in the LGBT+ community still face today is terrible. We want to help our friend become his true self! But also help the community by creating awareness!