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It's not the police, firefighters, or EMTs that clean up a crime scene—that's the job of a trauma cleaner, specifically Sandra Pankhurst. Before she was a trauma cleaner, Sandra Pankhurst was many things: husband and father, drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman...

Before she was a trauma cleaner, Sandra Pankhurst was many things: husband and father, drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman, trophy wife …But as a little boy, raised in violence and excluded from the family home, she just wanted to belong. Now she believes her ...

Winner, The 2018 Victorian Prize for Literature, and the Prize for Non-FictionBefore she was a trauma cleaner, Sandra Pankhurst was many things: husband and father, drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman, trophy wife…But as a little boy, raised in violence and ex...