BOY’S LIFE AS A GIRL
UNTIL AGE OF TWENTY-NINE,
[United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copy right. J
LONDON, March 25.
There is widespread, general and medical interest in the case of Evan Burt, who was registered, and has since lived, as a girl. He dressed as a man for the first time to-day.
Burt stated: “I have been forced all my life to wear pinafores and play with dolls in the companionship of girls. Now I am a man, I can go to public houses, and drink, smoke and wear men’s clothes.
As a result- of protracted negotiations, the Registrar-General has agreed to change Burt’s birth registration from that of a girl to that of a boy. Burt agrees that men’s clothes are uncomfortable, and he prefers the dress and the apron which lie had worn for 29 years. He is to be married at Easter, and it is unlikely that lie will settle in his native town, which has been staggered by the revelations.
HOW “SHE” BECAME ENGAGED
LONDON, March 24
The Wiltshire village of Tilsbury was surprised when it learned that Evan Montague Burt, who is announced to marry Sarah Matilda Edwards, was no other than Eva Mary Burt, who has been living in Tilsbury for twenty-nine years as a girl and woman.
The Wesleyan Minister who was to marry the couple said that “Mr Burt” as “Eva,” was a very popular girl and a loyal church worker of a type that he considered most womanly. “Eva” met Sarah at an institution where both were employed, the former as a nurse, and the latter as assistant nurse,
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19300326.2.27
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 26 March 1930, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
268BOY’S LIFE AS A GIRL Hokitika Guardian, 26 March 1930, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.