About Lewis Hancox
Lewis J. Hancox is an English graphic novelist, social media personality, and filmmaker. He is known for the 2022 graphic memoir Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure, about growing up as a transgender youth in the 2000s, which has been shortlisted for several awards, including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. He is also known for producing online sketch comedy videos on TikTok and YouTube. Hancox has received recognition for his contributions to digital media and LGBTQ representation, and in addition to his publishing and online comedy work, he also co-founded the documentary film project My Genderation, which has produced work for the BBC and Channel 4. Hancox has said that appearing on the series was the first time he had knowingly met another trans person and described working on the show as "one of the best things I ever did", feeling more confident afterwards. In 2016, Hancox created the six-episode Channel 4 comedy series Me and My Teen Self, in which Hancox speaks to his teenage self through time travel.
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