The States of Guernsey’s decision to cover the cost of gender reassignment surgery was not only a landmark decision in terms of LGBTQ rights in Guernsey, which Liberate were very proud to be a part off, but it also signalled the end of a long battle, and the beginning of a new life for the first person it would affect – here is Rachel’s story as told via the Guernsey Press and Nicci Martel.