On International Women's Day, this young reporter considers Transgender people in the 21st Century

Transgender in the 21^st century.  There are around 40,000 transgender people living in the UK, however how many times does it get mentioned in a day?

Ever since Caitlyn Jenner announced that she was becoming part of the transgender community there has been magazine articles published all over the world, she’s released a TV show and partnered up with makeup brand Mac.

But is all this publicity right? Headlines such as ‘Bruce wants to be a women’ cover front pages however it shouldn’t be about wanting, it should be about feeling comfortable in yourself as a person.

Written by Kristen from Newcastle Upon Tyne UK. It was created as part of the Pop Up Newsroom project for International Womens Day on March 8th 2017 #popupiwd #IWD2017