estate of mind.

The truth. The grit. The rise.
From council estate chaos to global stages — the real story of identity, survival, and becoming.

It’s more than a memoir. It’s the unfiltered truth of growing up working-class and queer, surviving loss, addiction, and the stigma of being HIV positive — and finding transformation through hair, creativity, and community.
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A man with bleached blonde hair, a beard, and a small earring lying on a hospital bed, wearing a black sleeveless shirt, with a heart tattoo on his arm.

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