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->-bleeped-<- or cross-dresser? Huddersfield's Peter Dawes explains his views on being 'gender neutral'

    by Nick Lavigueur, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
    Jan 25 2013

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NOBODY should have to live with the fear, anxiety and consequences of hate crime.

That's the view of a Huddersfield man living a cross-dressing lifestyle.

Peter Dawes, known as Piper, is lead singer with a Huddersfield band and dresses in women's clothing.

He argues that while racist abuse and homophobia have long been defined as hate crimes, many other sections of society can find themselves subjected to prejudice which can go unpunished.

People who don't conform to gender norms and enjoy cross-dressing are one such group.

Piper, lead singer of Huddersfield ska band Wobbly Bob, outlined his views and why he hates being labelled as a '->-bleeped-<-'.

"As part of our mission in Wobbly Bob, we are striving to help young people in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community feel much more accepted in a world with only two widely accepted genders," he said.