Julie Peters grew up in the 1950s, way before trans was generally heard of, let alone understood. As a child she had difficulty working out why people insisted she was a boy when she knew she was a girl. She affirmed her gender in 1990. Julie has been activist off and on since the early 1980s. Her activism has involved being out in theworkplace, slide shows, performance, readings, running for Parliament, engaging with health workers, lawyers, police, academic lecturing and research.