Y llyfr heddiw yw 'The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes' gan Zoë Playdon, a gyhoeddwyd yn 2021.
Hanes y dyn traws Albanaidd Ewan Forbes yw'r llyfr hwn. Roedd Forbes yn fab i John Forbes-Sempill, 9fed Barwnig Craigievar ac yn frawd i William Forbes-Sempill, 10fed Barwnig Craigievar. Bu farw ei frawd ym 1965, felly roedd Ewan yn llinell ar fin etifeddu’r farwnigaeth, ond heriodd ei gefnder ef am y farwnigaeth yn 1968 oherwydd bod Forbes yn ddyn traws. Creodd Forbes ddogfennau meddygol ffug i ddangos ei fod yn rhyngryw - i newid ei gofrestriad genedigaeth o fenyw i wryw. Yn ei amser, roedd yn amhosibl newid cofrestriad genedigaeth heb honni i fod yn rhyngryw, felly nid oedd gan Forbes unrhyw dewis arall.
Mae'r llyfr yn bwysig iawn i hanes traws ym Mhrydain ac yn ddiddorol iawn imi fel dyn traws yn y DU.
Ydych chi wedi darllen y llyfr hwn?
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Today's book is 'The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes' by Zoë Playdon, published in 2021.
This book is the story of Scottish trans man Ewan Forbes. Forbes was the son of John Forbes-Sempill, 9th Baronet Craigievar and the brother of William Forbes-Sempill, 10th Baronet Craigievar. His brother died in 1965, so Ewan was then next in line to inherit the baronetcy, but his cousin challenged him for it in 1968 because Forbes was a trans man. Forbes created fake medical documents to show he was intersex - to change his birth registration from female to male. It was impossible to change a birth registration without claiming to be intersex in his time, so Forbes had no other choice.
The book is very important to trans history in Britain and very interesting to me as a trans man in the UK.
Have you read this book?
