Old sepia photograph - a formal portrait of a man in a suit, one hand resting on a pedestal. His hair is short and quiffed. Handwriting at the bottom reads 'Edward De Lacy Evans', below which '1383C' is written. The placename 'Sandhurst' is referenced, which is the old colonial name for Bendigo, Australia
#1TransManADay 🏳️⚧️Day 78
Edward De Lacy Evans (1830–1901) 🇮🇪🇦🇺
Servant, blacksmith & gold miner.
Endured severe conversion therapy to "cure" his male identity.
So infamous that later cases of #GenderTransgression were called ‘another De Lacy Evans’.
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