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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.59,0:00:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HARNAAM: This is who I am, I'm different and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.26,0:00:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've learnt to accept it fully.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.87,0:00:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,COMM: Meet the incredible 23-year-old woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.11,0:00:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Harnaam Kaur who's been growing a beard since\Nthe age of 16. And she says she's never felt
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.97,0:00:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more feminine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.37,0:00:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HARNAAM: It's the way that God made me and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.86,0:00:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm happy with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.80,0:00:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,COMM: Harnaam from Slough has polycystic ovary
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.20,0:00:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,syndrome which can cause excessive hair growth.\NShe was just eleven when it sorted appearing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.79,0:00:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on her face.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.53,0:00:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HARNAAM: I would hide it by talking to people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.26,0:00:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my hands over my face. I used to wax\Nit and that became really painful so I would
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.28,0:00:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just shave it or use different sorts of creams.\NUm I used to bleach it too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.03,0:00:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,COMM: Harnaam endured bullying at school and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.01,0:00:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stares from people on the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.56,0:00:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,00:46\NHARNAAM: The names that people would call
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.72,0:00:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me were things like beardo instead of weirdo,\Num she-man, she-male.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.58,0:00:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,00:54\NCOMM: She's even received death threats after
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.99,0:01:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,posting videos about female facial hair on\NYouTube.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.37,0:01:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HARNAAM: I have had people telling me that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.56,0:01:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're gonna burn me and that they're gonna\Nthrow brick at me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.100,0:01:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,01:06\NCOMM: At her lowest point she began self harming,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.49,0:01:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even considered taking her own life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.35,0:01:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HARNAAM: I would lock myself in my room, I
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.77,0:01:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't want people to see me because I knew\Nthat would lead to more stares.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.21,0:01:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,COMM: At the age of sixteen, everything changed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.09,0:01:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Harnaam, when she took the decision to\Nbe baptised as a Sikh.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.83,0:01:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HARNAAM: We need to keep our bodies intact
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.87,0:01:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way it was given by God. It was literally\Nat the point where I had enough of people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.98,0:01:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bullying me, me feeling down, me having suicidal\Nthoughts, me self harming, I just had enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.27,0:01:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,COMM: The decision proves controversial, even
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.69,0:01:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Harnaam's own family were against it at first.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.39,0:01:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HARNAAM: The concerns that my mum and dad
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.68,0:01:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had were I won't have a normal life "normal\Nlife"I say, as a young girl should have. I
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.26,0:02:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,won't get married, there were concerns about\Nme getting job, how there was no employers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.41,0:02:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out there that will employ a bearded lady\Nand such.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.21,0:02:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,02:04\NCOMM: But she's found support in her 18-year-old
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.79,0:02:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brother Gurdeep, and friend Surrinder.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.21,0:02:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,02:09\NGURDEEP: She's happy living her life, does
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.66,0:02:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what she wants to do, so it's really good\Nfor her, as long as she's happy that's all
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.85,0:02:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really care about.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.87,0:02:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SURRINDER: For me to see her without the beard
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.49,0:02:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no I think it would be a shock, it would;t\Nbe the same person, I so I think having the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.01,0:02:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beard has probably given her a lot of strength\Netc. to be who she wants to be, to say what
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.67,0:02:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she wants to say, and y'know just be happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.22,0:02:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,COMM: Harnaam still has to endure stares in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.82,0:02:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the street, and is often mistaken for a man.\NBut she's learnt to accept it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.53,0:02:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HARNAAM: I do play around with it a little
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.24,0:02:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bit because sometimes when I go to the public\Ntoilets and someone goes to me um "Oh this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.41,0:02:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the women's" and I actually put on a deep\Nvoice and I say no this is for men's. SO I
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.83,0:02:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of play around with it and it's funny\Nbecause we all end up laughing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.54,0:02:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,COMM: Today things are looking hop for Harnaam,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.67,0:03:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she works as a primary school teaching assistant,\Nand she's received dozens of messages from
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.05,0:03:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women and men around the world, who say they\Nlove her beard.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.21,0:03:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HARNAAM: One guy saw my picture and he goes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.88,0:03:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to me, will you marry me?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.13,0:03:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,COMM: And she hopes her story will encourage
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.69,0:03:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other women to be more body confident.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.92,0:03:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,COMM: This is me, this is who I am, it's my
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.01,0:03:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inner beauty, it's my outer beauty, it's my\Noneness, it's my wholeness. I'm different
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.76,0:03:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've leant to accept it fully.