I've just posted about this in another thread so apologises if this doesn't warrant its own but I'm amazed and enraged in equal measure by this: www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/25/secret-transgender-victorian-surgeon-feted-by-heritage-england
A woman who was forced to pretend to be a man as women were barred from education and professions has been deemed "transgender" now. Never mind that were it not for this oppression of women, she'd never have had to in the first place - she was forced into this pretence due to misogyny. How insulting to her.
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NoLoveofMine · 25/07/2017 10:19
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