The 'woman' who married two women in Edwardian Australia
A transgender man who was tried for the murder of his wife in 1920 in Sydney suffered a 'terrible injustice' says the author of a new book
28 February 2013 | By Anna Leach
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/woman-who-married-two-women-edwardian-australia280213The story of a transgender man at the turn of the twentieth century in Australia - featuring running away to sea, a viscous rape at the discovery of his biological sex, an abandoned child, a new identity, marriage, murder and the most high-profile court trial of the decade - would make a riveting plot for a novel, but this is all part of the real life of Eugenia Falleni.
Sydney barrister Mark Tedeschi author of a book (published this month in the UK by Simon & Schuster) about the life and trial of Falleni speaks to Gay Star News about how he got interested in the story, the twists and turns of Falleni's unusual life and what researching it has taught him about transgender issues today.
