It’s been two years of Emily’s journey with TRUK and our personal lives followed by the TRUK film crew and it’s now a short film . It’s has been an absolute honour to give our time to this fantastic project and to be followed by a crew of LGBTQ people and massive allies we knew we were in safe hands. They have done an exceptional job of telling this story, it’s honest, beautiful and joyful. We are going to be away from next week and will be helping to promote the film for a couple of weeks. A huge thank you to my oldest two kids for holding things down at home while we do this, I couldn’t do this without their help. I’ve now got to put ALOT in place to manage my mental health to be able to have the energy and strength to do this. There are a lot of unknowns I’m going to have to navigate and it’s a lot of advocacy for us both. I also have Emily’s safety and education to manage so I need to ensure I have the resources for that. If any of you can help towards expenses for this it would be a massive help as with all trans advocacy it’s self funded https://www.paypal.me/Emmsywillo
I truly believe in this project it is a beautiful, powerful and joyful film if I didn’t believe it can change things I wouldn’t put us through all of this. I believe this film is a much needed breath of fresh air and I can’t wait for you all to see it.
There are still tickets for this viewing if you are in the London area https://genesiscinema.co.uk/event/96477#:~:text=A%20special%20gala%20screening%20of,grassroots%2C%20proudly%20trans%20football%20club
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Emily’s response to being shortlisted ️
I am so proud to be shortlisted for this years @football_v_homophobia @fvhscot hero award and I would like to thank every single person that has nominated me. To quote Bill Shankly, some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.
For me personally football is life, it’s my sanctuary and love. It gave me hope and much needed positivity when I had been bullied out of school and I felt truly isolated and alone, a much needed light in the darkness. From watching @liverpoolfc play and getting to become a proud member of @kop_outs and represent them and my community at events to playing for @trukunitedfc and representing my community from the age of 14 and getting to show other trans kids like myself that we do belong in football, in sports and in society. These opportunities have paved the way to play in a girls football team and play in the women’s football league, again proving that trans kids can and should play. So for me to be shortlisted for this award as a trans kid is huge and I hope it proves to other trans kids that we belong and that trans kids will never walk alone #lgbtq #lgbtcommunity #lgbtqpride #lgbteens #trans #transgirl #transgender #transkidsmatter #transkidsbelong #transkidsdeservetoplaysports #transkidsdeservetothrive #football #footballvhomophobia #footballvtransphobia #footballforall #nofootballwithoutthet