A young Australian who was cruelly told by an ex-partner they had “ugly” genitalia has revealed becoming a sex worker finally helped them love their vagina.
Gem Campbell, a sexologist and dietitian from Coffs Harbour, was 13 when they noticed their labia protruded.
Around 50 per cent of women and people with vaginas have a labia minora, also known as inner lips, that are longer than their labia majora (the outer lips), with health authorities stressing it is perfectly normal.
The discovery left the 27-year-old, who uses they/them pronouns, wondering “why” their vagina looked different to the ones she’d seen previously, mostly through porn.
But Gem only became self-conscious about having an “outie” at 18 after a boyfriend said that their vagina was “...
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