The Hidden Case
of Ewan Forbes
The hidden history of how trans people lost their human rights in the 1960s, told through the life of trans man Sir Ewan Forbes, whose legal case was considered so threatening the media was gagged, those involved sworn to secrecy, and all records of it concealed for decades.
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Outpatients and The Engagement
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A Queer History of the United States
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