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The hidden case of Ewan Forbes : and the unwritten history of the trans experience / Zoë Playdon.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundPublication details: [New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2021]Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 10 audio discs (13 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • spoken word
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
ISBN:
  • 9781797133720
  • 1797133721
  • 9781797133737
  • 179713373X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Read by Rebecca Root.Summary: Ewan Forbes was born to a wealthy, landowning family, holders of a baronetcy, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1912. Assigned female at birth, his true identity was nevertheless clear even in childhood, and so, with the support of his mother, he was taken to European specialists and eventually treated with early preparations of synthetic testosterone. Raised as a boy at home but socially obliged to present himself as a girl in public until his official coming out to the Queen, Ewan grew up, became a doctor, and got married. For decades, he lived a quiet life as a husband, doctor, and a pillar of the local community. But in 1965, Ewan's older brother died unexpectedly, meaning that Ewan was set to inherit the baronetcy. His title could only be inherited by the next oldest man in the family and when his cousin John, spurred on by Ewan's sister, contested the inheritance he was forced to defend his male status in Scotland's supreme civil court, where he prevailed.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Audiobook Adult Audiobook Main Library Audiobook BIOGRAPHY FORBES, E. P722 Available 33111009947611
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Read by Rebecca Root.

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Ewan Forbes was born to a wealthy, landowning family, holders of a baronetcy, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1912. Assigned female at birth, his true identity was nevertheless clear even in childhood, and so, with the support of his mother, he was taken to European specialists and eventually treated with early preparations of synthetic testosterone. Raised as a boy at home but socially obliged to present himself as a girl in public until his official coming out to the Queen, Ewan grew up, became a doctor, and got married. For decades, he lived a quiet life as a husband, doctor, and a pillar of the local community. But in 1965, Ewan's older brother died unexpectedly, meaning that Ewan was set to inherit the baronetcy. His title could only be inherited by the next oldest man in the family and when his cousin John, spurred on by Ewan's sister, contested the inheritance he was forced to defend his male status in Scotland's supreme civil court, where he prevailed.

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