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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Beth Kirkbride

Trans woman, threatened with electric shock therapy as child, comes out in 60s

Samantha Wolsey came out as trans in retirement -

A 69-year-old pensioner has come out as a transgender woman after decades of suppressing her true identity, even facing threats of electric shock therapy as a child for wearing a dress.

Samantha Wolsey first expressed her gender identity at the age of six, an act that led her father to seek psychiatric intervention. The psychiatrist suggested electric shock treatment, a proposition Ms Wolsey refused.

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