Somethings just blow you away, like discovering that all our anti-trans rules in the UK came about due to a fear that one day a trans man might inherit the throne! That’s right, just in case Princess Anne woke up one day and declared herself a man we instituted a series of anti-trans rules that previously didn’t exist. Combine that with prejudice, mad psychologists, and we have the world we have today….

And they ask what’s the point of history and what’s it’s got to do with the present day.

All this I discovered while listening to a History Extra podcast, in which ‘Zoe Playdon discusses a secret 1965 trial revolving around Ewan Forbes, a transgender man, and reveals how it affected trans rights.’

“I knew that in the past, trans people had corrected their birth certificates,” she says. “All the way through up to 1970, the path was: self-identify, get affirmative medical care, correct your birth certificate, and live equally. After 1970, that’s gone.”

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/the-secret-court-case-50-years-ago-that-has-robbed-transgender-people-of-their-rights-ever-since/ar-AAQwIt9

A fascinating story that you can find here: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/ewan-forbes-secret-trial-transgender-rights-podcast-zoe-playdon/

If you prefer to purchase the book, it’s here, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hidden-Case-Ewan-Forbes/dp/152661913X