A secret trial that transformed transgender rights
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In 19 65, a scottish doctor named ewan forbes stood to inherit his family's baronetcy. But as a transgender man, he soon became embroiled in a top secret legal case with the potential to rock society to its core. Zoe playdon explores this story in her new book, the hidden case ofewan forbes. And she spoke to our deputy editor, mat elton. After yean, trans people were stripped of their civil liberties and subjected to conversion therapies that defined them as mentally ill.
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