It’s a great feeling to be authentic.

Jan

Jan is an autistic transgender psychologist from Poland. Jan was misdiagnosed for years, in part because of their transgender identity.

He says that autistic and/or transgender people don’t have to feel like they must disclose their identity because it isn’t always safe to do so.

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