Zoë Playdon

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About The Author

Zoë Playdon is the Emeritus Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of London and a Council member of the Association for Medical Humanities. She holds five degrees, including two doctorates. Zoë is a former cochair of the Gay and Lesbian Association of Doctors and Dentists [GLADD] and cofounded the Parliamentary Forum on Gender Identity in 1994. She has thirty years’ experience of frontline work in LGBTI human rights, including supporting and advising on UK and European legal cases.

Books by Zoë Playdon

The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes

And the Unwritten History of the Trans Experience

By Zoë Playdon
The life story of an aristocratic Scottish trans man and the secret 1968 legal case that provides “a fascinating look into the changing landscape of trans rights” (Library Journal) throughout history.
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