Having a job in the coal industry is nothing out of the ordinary around these parts, but can you imagine what your work life would be like working that industry as a transgendered person? It gets a pretty bad wrap for things like workplace bulling, violence and alcohol abuse; something the industry has been trying to fix. But Leari worked in the Central Queensland coal mines and has just started a blog, writing about the industry and being a transgendered person.

ABC's Elly Bradfield caught up with Leari and started by asking about the blog. 

Download the audio file (Part 1) http://blogs.abc.net.au/files/kb--learie-part-1-1.mp3Part 2: 

Download the audio file (Part 2)  http://blogs.abc.net.au/files/kb--learie-part-2.mp3.