New novel about Dr James Barry sparks row over Victorian's gender identity

The Cape Doctor by EJ Levy, which describes the individual born Margaret Ann Bulkley as 'a heroine', has been accused of disrespecting gender identity A debate about the gender identity of Dr James Barry, the pioneering Victorian who adopted a male persona to become the UK's first female-born doctor, has erupted after the award-winning author EJ Levy was accused of disrespecting Barry's legacy by using female pronouns in a forthcoming novel. Levy announced last week that she had sold a novel abo...