Award-winning Brighton alumna and Trans rights activist Paris Lees premiered her powerful new drama, adapted from her original 2021 book, ‘What It Feels Like for a Girl’ on BBC Three.
The eight-part series, described by The Independent as “an engaging – and rational – case for optimism”, tells the story of a young person navigating identity, abuse, and transformation in early-2000s Nottingham. Lees, who studied English Language at Brighton, began her gender transition during her time at the university.
Since graduating, she has become a trailblazing journalist and activist – the first transgender woman to appear in Vogue, present on Channel 4 and BBC Radio 1, and founded a UK trans magazine. The drama has been widely praised for its bold, honest storytelling and emotional depth.
The series has received widespread acclaim for its raw and fearless storytelling, with coverage in BBC News,Financial Times,Stylist, The Guardian, Radio Times, London Evening Standard, The Standard, Yahoo News, MSN and Gay Times.
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