Life as a transgendered norm breaker | Charlie Bech-Jansen | TEDxSSE

Charlie Bech-Jansen is a Swedish non-binary transgender person currently living in Stockholm and studying at SSE. Since they were young, Charlie has had a great interest in literature, and enjoys writing as a form of self-expression. They also like to wear and experiment with different Japanese street-style fashions as a way of exploring and questioning gender presenting.
Charlie came out as transgender at age seventeen, and has since been an active member of the LGBT+ community, participating in everything from Pride parades to political protests. It is something that has heavily influenced their daily interactions with other, cis-gendered people, as non-binary identities are still quite unknown in today’s society.
Charlie Bech-Jansen, born and raised in Stockholm. Came out as non-binary transgender at 17, has since been an active member of the Swedish LGBT+ society. Has previously studied literature, philosophy and astronomy, and is active in everything from Scout- to Japanese culture societies.
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