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“They were from my background, like I mentioned — sexual orientation, trans individuals — and I felt very comfortable working with that community.”

Last week, football anti-discrimination group Kick It Out said that the Supreme Court ruling would have "far-reaching consequences" in a statement expressing "solidarity with the trans community".

However the FA's updated trans policy allows biological males to continue to participate in the women's game as if they meet reduced testosterone levels and pass "match observation" to evaluate if they present a risk to the safety of other players and fair competition.

Through the eyes and heart of the novel’s trans protagonist, Berthold “Bertie” Durchdenwald, we experience the news of Hitler’s takeover, which comes while he’s dancing with his girlfriend in a queer Berlin club.

Heightening the contrast between the trans experience pre- and post-Hitler, Todd uses chapters alternating between Bertie’s beautiful Berlin life and his eked-out 1940s existence on the farm where he and Sofie hid under aliases throughout the war.