By Liam van Eeden and Maggie Shui
Meet Phoenix. She’s a 15-year-old trans girl from Ruakākā, a small town 30 minutes south of Whangārei. We follow her in the week leading up to her first school ball.
“When I was three years old my aunty asked me what I want to be when I grow up. I said a girl. I’ve always known who I am.”
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