General Article A boy in a dress is just a boy in a dress

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As a trans woman I’m horrified by the pressure we’re putting on children to choose their gender.

By Debbie Hayton

As a child of the 1970s, I can still recall the trauma of watching Elvis Costello jab his finger at me as he sang ‘Called careers information; have you got yourself an occupation?’ My dreams of becoming an astronaut had already evaporated by then and I feared I needed to make a hasty decision before I was conscripted into Oliver’s Army — or worse.

A generation later, the stakes ar...

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