Comments from 'unknown' and anonymous will also be declined. Oh, hell yeah. For all her rather beguiling enthusiasm for her new life, she remains, I cant help but feel, very vulnerable. For men, the opposite is true. I came out to my father about six years ago and he was just so sweet. Diana wants a new rule- greater acceptance for those who show they are trying. She criticises how we look, sound, talk or behave, not accepting that we do our best to fit in, because we have internalised transphobia too. Because that is what the law will say I am, just as an immigrant who has obtained UK citizenship is legally entitled to say they are British. That meant I had a room to myself. ', The woman with him laughed, gave me a conspiratorial, female eye-roll and said: 'Well, she's not going to jump over it, is she?'. Opening my post recently, I came across an anonymous letter addressed to 'Mr Diana Thomas', and consisting of eight words, scrawled in black ink: 'Please stop writing your s**t in the . Studio 2, Chelsea Gate Studios, 115 Harwood Road No trans person declares themself without a great deal of soul-searching or suffering. I have this opportunity late in middle age when a lot of people are feeling a sense of, Oh my God is this it? and maybe thinking that they were never quite the person they wanted to be. Bring it on! We do not, for instance, talk about her ex-wife (they were married for 30 years) or their three grown-up children; two daughters and a son (I promised I would not write or talk about them). Tom Treasure, a cardiothoracic surgeon, reviews the details of the crash. There is a lot of nurturing in me that has gone to waste and there is a lot of love that is not being used up, she says in such a heartfelt way that I find myself tempted to give her a great big woman-to-woman hug. Gender variant children are not ill, and do not desist. I have worked hard all these years, I have earned my way for long enough, so yes, put a pinny round my neck and let me be a homemaker, please! "So, for me, something happened that we don't know. She might have got beyond Were born this way. They assume that their supposed moral superiority gives them the right to say whatever they like. Becoming Diana a process that will not be acknowledged in law with a GRC (Gender Recognition Certificate) until she has lived as a woman for two years is the realisation of a dream that is all the more fulfilling, she believes, because of its timing. So its rather odd when people say what I am doing is brave, because what is brave about being happy? Can she, I ask, put a price on becoming Diana? Biography [ edit] Thomas' mother is the Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Thomas of Walliswood. Lima, Peru, So five years ago, I could say 'I am transgender', and know that it was true and I had the psychiatrists' reports to prove it. But it took a huge psychological effort to fight the battle against my true self. Now, I accept that the hospital was trying to cater for all the people who use its services. "[11] The column ended on 19 December 2020, with Thomas bidding an emotional farewell to her readers as she reflected on her harrowing transgender journey. In Diana: The Ultimate Truth, former detective and award-winning investigative journalist Mark Williams-Thomas examines theories that have emerged since Diana's passing and sets out to. "She said to me, 'I didn't know how many enemies I had. I am going to finish in an accident helicopter, plane or car crash. This is all hurtful and scary. This site uses cookies to improve your experience and to help show content that is more relevant to your interests. Add some good to your morning and evening. My oestrogen and testosterone levels are now indistinguishable from those of a woman my age taking HRT. Heres a sample of the inclusive language, about pregnant women and people, she so objects to. Source: The Telegraph @telegraph PH: Bex Day @bex_day * * * * Explore Diana Brooks's 295 photos on Flickr! These days, it takes at least an hour longer, but that hour is kind of fun, she says. There have been other, not so visible, procedures that have helped Diana to become the woman she has always dreamt of being. Two years later he published Girl, a forced femininitynovel about a man in hospital for a minor operation who awakes to find that there has been some confusionand he has had a vaginoplasty. Privilege is relative. Once again one should note the extreme fragility of masculinity in the face of any threat to its conventions., Transvestism is an unlikely mast upon which to fly the banner of men's liberation. Gradually, however, I became aware that there were people called transsexuals who had 'sex changes'. The vast majority of people I meet are incredibly kind and positive towards me. '[13], Her writing influences include Lee Child, Ian Fleming, and George Macdonald Fraser.[14]. Haters cant abuse you if they dont notice you. 'David Thomas' is a rather common name, and there are several who have written books. Thats just science. One supposedly well-meaning person kept saying, Im the only person brave enough to say this as if all my friends were twittering maliciously behind my back.. 'My experience of coming out as transgender and living as a trans woman has overwhelmingly been one of kindness, acceptance, tolerance and well-wishing'. She is also Director for the Institute of Economic Inquiry at Creighton University, and the 2016 President-Elect at the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics. Her hairline was back above her ears. She is not a trans man, so she does not care about trans men, either. The New York Times called the Deluxe, "a crisp, witty social history that's as entertaining as it is informative."[4]. And had her car really been tampered with? He reveals that had the circumstances been different that night, allowing her rare heart injury to be identified earlier, she may have had a chance. Having the money, and what it can buy, does not make one transer than thou.. Tel Aviv-Yafo. "She would say, 'I think they are going to kill me. Her royal security was also removed. So why does she say trans militants are only stoking intolerance?. . Id had enough of that. Text is available under the Creative . He also travels to the U.K. to meet an expert who prepared a report for the official British inquest into Diana's death. In Diana: The Ultimate Truth, Williams-Thomas speaks with Tom Mangold, a long-time Panorama reporter who caught on to the deception and raised his concerns within the BBC. She also wrote the script for Salvatore Ferragamo: The Shoemaker of Dreams, a feature-length documentary directed by award-winning Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino. Diana Thomas is a privileged trans woman, even though thats normally a contradiction in terms. But the fact that we are now two 60-something women hopefully on the same side is not as strangeas I expected it to be. On the other are the trans activists who insist that all a person should have to do to change sex is wake up one morning, say, 'I'm a woman,' or, 'I'm a man,' and that is enough to make them what they want to be, regardless of how they look, sound, talk or behave. says Simmons in the documentary. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Her life of achievement is mostly behind her. It shouldnt mean risking peoples safety. Was it not entirely predictable that female columnists would be rushing to their keyboards to bash out furious diatribes against yet another assault on women's rights and their fundamental identity? Diana creates another, the trans woman who just decides to say one day Im a woman without any medical help. Join Facebook to connect with Diane Thomas and others you may know. Lets get JK into the Oxford Union and then Ill argue against the motion, This house believes no man can be a woman. Many questions remain about her final years, what happened the night she died and who may be responsible for the accident. I had seen David several times during his transition and wed chatted about facial hair and breasts, but nothing prepared me for how moved I felt when I watched the elegant woman come tripping along the pavement with a dainty, ladylike step. But as I emerge into my new female life, I find that I, and other trans people like me, are at the centre of one of the most bitter wars raging through our culture. Thats the internalised transphobia again. "Blood samples were taken immediately at the time of the accident and also during the autopsy," says Monteil, who reveals that those samples indicated Paul indeed had alcohol, as well as antidepressants, in his system. [12], As Diana Thomas, she has written in her defence that transitioning could be considered analogous to immigration: If someone born in India comes to Britain legally, passes the citizenship test and gets a UK passport, who dares say, Youre not British? Comments that constitute non-relevant advertisements will be declined, as will those attempting to be rude. You have to own up to who you are, and it feels so much better when you do, she continues. "Because of all the tampering allegations, I wanted the Met police to buy or borrow an identical car," says David Price, a forensic accident investigator who went on to compare Diana's crashed vehicle with a second Mercedes to determine any differences. Needless to say, it has been a tough couple of years, not least with her family, a subject she will never discuss publicly, apart from her father: He never once expressed a feeling that Id disappointed him as his only son. And thankfully, most people do. How much Artistic Freedom is permitted when it comes to Language? Most normal people, who don't insist on seeing everything through a distorting lens of radical politics, have no problem accepting someone's right to live their best life. Ironically, its often the ones who regard themselves as liberal that are the most hurtful and condescending. She wrote an article for the Daily Mail, headed "Ex-Cambridge University rower and married dad DIANA THOMAS spent six decades as a man So why does she say trans militants are only stoking intolerance?" Claim your profile Back to Diana Thomas's profile. Call me Diana: Our columnist David Thomas reveals her new life and look. Her close friend Roberto Devorik says that Diana always believed she was going to die young. But it does embody a dilemma at the heart of a trans person's life. She was educated at Eton College[5]. This byline is for a different person with the same name. The comments below have been moderated in advance. Today she can finally reveal her new identity, DAVID IN 2011; DIANA IN 2020: 'I didnt want to be a Davina or a Dora and I am absolutely not a Daisy, so its Diana, which has five letters like David', DIANA IN 2020: 'Sometimes people say to me, Why do you want to be a woman? The New Yorker called it "a glimpse into how consumerism, slowed to a less ferocious pace, might be reconciled with sustainability. The New York Review of Books said it was a "Marley's Ghost-style warning of the irrevocable destructions to come . I dont go into a ladies loo to oppress women. No one had given them any PC instructions about how to respect the sensitivity of trans people. Diana Willow Penrose Thomas formerly known as David William Penrose Thomas is gyrating her body to the soundtrack of her youth in the London studio where she is making her modelling debut. Now, the thing about prostate glands is that only men have them. I had upper and lower facelifts I have four little plastic carpet-gripper things holding me together then I had nose-tip reduction. [9] She taught journalism at The American University of Paris from 1996 to 1999. The direction of travel is constant. Now he is waving goodbye to his old male self. I honestly don't have an answer. Some details are straight from the 1960s: I was born male, she writes. . Now he is waving goodbye to his old male self. Learn more, Charlotte Metcalf talks transitioning and fighting prejudice with Diana Thomas, Scarfes Bar has opened up specially so that Diana Thomas and I can have the first post-lockdown conversation there. [9] Between 2007 and 2012, she wrote a well-received series of thrillers about a former Royal Marine, turned assassin, Samuel Carver. Yes, I do want my prince to come. Diana Thomas (formerly David Thomas; born 17 January 1959), better known by the pen name Tom Cain,[2][3] is an English journalist and author of a series of thriller novels about protagonist Samuel Carver. Follow Thomas Diana and explore their bibliography from Amazon.com's Thomas Diana Author Page. office at satirical And yet, ironically, I thought I was protecting my family and my marriage by trying so hard to be a real man. "And they were used to get the interview with Princess Diana." I look forward to Diana's next thriller, hopefully with a female (cis or trans) protagonist. And that I might be one of them. Strategic leadership is essential to business success. And I said to him, Dad, I was walking round the house covered in make-up the whole time. She also writes regularly for Architectural Digest and Elle Decor. In September 2019, Penguin Press published Thomas's third book, Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes,[6] an investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform it. It all started when Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust went 'full woke' on the subject of their maternity unit. She was due to have completion surgery in 2020 but of course this was delayed because of the Covid pandemic. That has nothing to do with trans people's rights, but it fuels the myth that trans women pose a threat to women born that way. But he only ever thought of my wellbeing and happiness. The myth here is that you wake up one morning. Diana Thomas (pictured) says: 'Politically, I think we have to find a way to acknowledge and even celebrate the identity of trans people that does not undermine everyone else's identity'. Same as everyone else. As for the nurses who looked after me, they couldn't have been kinder or more patient as in lay there in my M&S nightie, from which tubes emerged carrying all manner of bodily fluids to various plastic bags. I mean, the first few times I went out as Diana I w o u l d w a l k down the street and my knees would be knocking, but here is the thing: I could never go back to being David. [7] Prior to, Sony Pictures Classics acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film, excluding Italy. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. You might wait years to see a specialist psychiatrist and not want hormones obtained illicitly. She is hoping that she will gain a similar level of approval from the public as she received a week previously when she attended a dinner party thrown by a university mate and his wife to introduce Diana to their old friends. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. She thinks inclusive language for trans men menstruating, having a cervical smear or giving birth is ridiculous, and that female columnists calling this yet another assault on womens rights have a point. The general public also want us all to have our bits rearranged, and will ask if we have done: there is slightly more acceptance for those who have, but this is in theory as why on earth would you answer such a question. I spent most of my childhood at all-boys' schools. This post may contain affiliate links. Its amazing how quickly he accepted me as his daughter.. "He wasn't drunk, that's for sure, but he had consumed alcohol.". Manuela Svoboda & Petra Zagar-Sostaric. Who would have thought it?. Historians believe the Duke of Windsor actively collaborated with the Nazis during the Second World War. I'm a fierce defender of the rights of transwomen, and a doughty opponent of anti-trans prejudice. David ThomasSenior, UK diplomat, was postedin Moscow when his son was born. David Thomas.Media: The dirty world of Mr Punch: Punch is fighting back by hitting below the belt. While in Paris, Williams-Thomas also questions Martine Monteil, the police officer who led the French investigation into the crash, and reviews the forensic evidence. They commissioned three forensic and traffic collision experts to examine every element of the crash and determine if anything had been tampered with on Diana and Fayed's vehicle. But suppose I had been at an NHS hospital: should I have been on a male or female ward? Story of BBC journalist Martin Bashir's dealings with Princess of Wales is of searing public interest. So here I am, divorced and single at the age of 62. When they asked me, I said I was happy to be called Diana, as opposed to Ms Thomas. Because, bless them, they came in and said, Hi,Diana, and kissed me on both cheeks in exactly the way they did to the other women around the table. Diana is enormously encouraged by the way in which her friends and her 86-year old ex-diplomat father in particular have accepted and supported her in a manner that she says has reinforced her belief that most people are kind and good. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. They did not use some contorted form of language to pretend that medical reality was anything other than it actually is. It's not that we don't believe in the idea of male or female: it's that our personal experience tells us gender is neither so simple, nor so absolute, as a question of X and Y chromosomes. "Tim Dowling talks to David Thomas".BBC. Contact Diana, search articles and Tweets, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place. I must say that I never understood why the prospect of trans people in ladies loos is scary. Youve got no idea. Now research is suggesting that hormonal issues in the womb can cause the disparity between mind and body, the 'gender incongruence', as it is now termed, that is at the heart of the trans experience. As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. There are things in my life that are really distressing to me, but I am consciously making myself focus on the positive, she says a little curtly at one point. Wake up one morning. I spent so much of my life living in shame, as if Id committed a terrible sin and it made me feel very vulnerable. It had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 5, 2020. Almost the best times are when I'm accepted without people even knowing they're doing it. A couple were coming the other way. They told me my feelings of being in the wrong body were just sexual fantasies, a phase I would get over. It has given my lips a much more feminine shape, but I havent had fillers put in to them. Charlotte Metcalf. For her Telegraph column about transitioning, shes been named Columnist of the Year and has received the prestigious discretionary British Press Awards Chairmans Award. No, I wouldnt enter into a relationship until some time after I have had the operation, she says carefully after a thoughtful pause. When I ask her if she can start at the beginning for our readers, she says simply, Not transitioning was an awful lot harder than transitioning. Its also why she decided to abandon anonymity for her column. As I was lying in hospital, another battle was raging in the trans war, and, once again, it was a battle supposedly fought for trans rights that will do nothing but harm to trans people. Its such a faff. And it is a faff, but I love the faff. I am getting my hormones from HRT, just as post-menopausal women do. In 2019 Thomas announced that she was now Diana, and has written a column in the Daily Telegraph about her experiences in transition. This byline is mine, but I want my name removed. Diana Thomas is a privileged trans woman, even though that's normally a contradiction in terms. These experts come together for the first time on television in Diana: The Ultimate Truth. Previously unheard tape from BBC Archives reveals Duke of Windsor wanted Britain to appease Hitler. . View the profiles of people named Diana Thomas. Her books include Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano and Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes. I looked in the mirror and I thought, Oh that doesnt look like a guy. And that was a new experience for me. The first is that we drastically limit male freedom of action by drawing rigidly defined boundaries around the perimeters of acceptably masculine behaviour. A variety of newsletters you'll love, delivered straight to you. As Bowies Life on Mars ends and the next song begins his 1974 anthem Rebel Rebel a mischievous expression crosses her newly lifted face. (LogOut/ As for the widespread public theories that Paul's blood samples could have been inaccurate or switched is there any truth to these claims? "Telegraph20200304">ce.co.uk/tom-cain/bibliography/ "name="Telegraph20200304">Bibliography Tom Cain AuthorsPlace", "Tim Dowliname="Telegraph20200304">ng talks to David Thomas", "What women really want? Jun 4, 2020 Replying to @Telegraph and @TelegraphMag Not a woman. Finally, when my transition is complete, and I possess a Gender Recognition Certificate, I will define myself as a woman. The argumentative, slightly domineering, Eton-educated man I remember (he was the original white privileged male), who penned a book in praise of the patriarchy called Not Guilty: In Defence of the Modern Man, has mellowed in a way that makes a lot of our conversation seem like a slightly frivolous woman-to-woman chat. Politically, I think we have to find a way to acknowledge and even celebrate the identity of trans people that does not undermine everyone else's identity. As a trans woman, I would have been a social outcast. Her 87-year-old father succumbed to Covid. I think I have a lot to offer any man, dont you?, Diana's column continues in Telegraph Magazine next week. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. French police stated that Paul was under the influence of alcohol when he took to the wheel that night. has previously revealed how upset she was by JK Rowlings tweet, her 86-year old ex-diplomat father in particular, In her own words: Diana's transgender story so far, My transgender diary:'It's finally time to sayfarewell to David'. But here's the thing. But when Williams-Thomas tracks down his close friend Claude Garrec, he insists that Paul was a responsible person who would not have put people's lives at risk. . She will have genital surgery as soon as she can. Even if it did take me 45 years to follow that idea through.. Write about our achievements, not the same old prurient rubbish. I am not pretending I am not still him in many ways. It is really exciting, she says when the shoot finishes and we sit down together to talk further about the dramatic changes that have taken place in her life since we last met, more than 20 years ago. Being true to who I am has made me a calmer, happier person, and much easier to be around. By the time I was at university, I was seeing my first shrinks.
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