Variations: Juliet Jacques on stories of Britain's transgender history

Juliet Jacques joins PTO to talk about her debut collection of
short stories, Variations. Inspired by found material and real-life
events, the book explores the history of transgenderism in Britain,
from the time of the Oscar Wilde trial to the second decade of the
2000s. We talked about why Juliet chose to use fiction to address
the history of trans, the feelings of responsibility that come with
describing the experiences of characters based on the lives of real
people who lived, loved and suffered, and we also talked about the
work of the sexologist Havelock Ellis who plays a prominent part in
one of the stories.