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LGBTQIA+ history doesn鈥檛 just exist in London, Manchester and Brighton. It鈥檚 everywhere! Including Plymouth!

The I in LGBTQIA+ stands for intersex 鈥� those born with variations in their sex characteristics. And unfortunately, their history has often focused on their medical records rather than their lives. But this episode celebrates the ordinary everyday moments within Intersex History through one person鈥檚 story.

Mark Weston was born in Plymouth in 1905. Raised as a girl, he discovered he had variations in his sex characteristics in the 1930s and decided to undergo surgery and change his name to Mark. His small local community consistently supported him, and he settled down with his wife a few streets away from his childhood home.

As already somewhat of a local sporting celebrity known as 鈥渢he Devonshire Wonder鈥�, how did the newspapers react to his change of identity? And what鈥檚 the wider context of twentieth-century Intersex History in Britain?

Join History Hun (Anouska Lewis) on her trip to Plymouth as she delves into the local archives to explore Mark Weston鈥檚 story, is taken on a LGBTQIA+ heritage walking tour of the city, and discusses Mark鈥檚 life with intersex people today.

History Hun is on a mission to prove that no hometown is boring. Because everywhere has a history and history鈥檚 never boring!!

She鈥檚 spotlighting hidden histories from misjudged places across the UK and supplying you with a few history-hun-facts along the way x

91热爆town Boring? is a Mags Creative production for 91热爆 Sounds Audio Lab
Written, produced and presented by Anouska Lewis
Senior Producer 鈥� Ryan Nile
Editors 鈥� Kit Milsom, Ryan Nile and Sarah Myles
Executive Producers 鈥� James Norman Fyfe and Kit Milsom
Script Consultant 鈥� Anick Soni
Theme Music and Sound Design 鈥� Kit Milsom
Artwork 鈥� Ellie Walmsley
Additional support 鈥� Amanda Birbara
Commissioning Editor 鈥� Khaliq Meer

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