1. Because I fainted at the theatre in London. I hit my head & the theatre called an ambulance.
Being a cooperative 20yr old person I agreed to go to hospital. The hospital said they would like to keep me in overnight.
Again I agreed - partly as it was 3am by then & I’d …
Being a cooperative 20yr old person I agreed to go to hospital. The hospital said they would like to keep me in overnight.
Again I agreed - partly as it was 3am by then & I’d …
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3. … missed the train home.
I was taken to a ward. When I woke up I got dressed & feeling ok thought I’d get a newspaper. It was then I discovered it was a locked psychiatric ward with plastic utensils.
My consultant was John Randell, the psych who ran the Gender Identity..,
I was taken to a ward. When I woke up I got dressed & feeling ok thought I’d get a newspaper. It was then I discovered it was a locked psychiatric ward with plastic utensils.
My consultant was John Randell, the psych who ran the Gender Identity..,
3. … Clinic. I hadn’t even realised I was at Charing Cross Hospital.
Saw Randell in his office later that day & asked to leave.
He told me to undress - as he wanted to photograph me. I refused & asked to leave. At that he told me he was in charge & he could keep me there…
Saw Randell in his office later that day & asked to leave.
He told me to undress - as he wanted to photograph me. I refused & asked to leave. At that he told me he was in charge & he could keep me there…
4. … as long as he liked until I co-operated & allowed him to photograph me. I refused & so was taken back to the ward.
If I wanted to shower (at this point I had a beard but had had no surgery) I was to be observed by a make nurse.
I was there until my mother threatened …
If I wanted to shower (at this point I had a beard but had had no surgery) I was to be observed by a make nurse.
I was there until my mother threatened …
5. … the hospital with a writ of Habeus Corpus.
She was a senior medical secretary to a consultant whom I had done some decorating for - he even rang Randell & asked what the hell he was doing as I wasn’t his patient & he had no right to keep me there.
Randell told him I …
She was a senior medical secretary to a consultant whom I had done some decorating for - he even rang Randell & asked what the hell he was doing as I wasn’t his patient & he had no right to keep me there.
Randell told him I …
6. … was a very disturbed individual who needed to cooperate & accept treatment. When asked ‘treatment for what?’ Randell replied ‘that’s for me to know’.
It was a hell of an experience.
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