The Imperial War Museum has been accused of 'reframing history' to give it 'woke appeal' in a new tour featuring trans people in conflict.
When are they not in conflict, you might ask, Reader?
Created to mark the 25th anniversary since the Government lifted its ban on gay people serving in the Armed Forces, the new digital tour tells ‘personal stories from the LGBTQ+ community’ in times of war. But alongside stories documenting the struggles of gay and lesbian service personnel, more than a third of all the exhibits are about transgenderism.
And they've achieved this by making unlikely historical links and references that would make Erich von Däniken blush with shame.
Examples include a dress worn by a man for a ‘show’ in a deadly Japanese prisoner of war camp during the 1940s, as well as a Land Army girl who liked to be called ‘John’.
Tour curators also claimed reconstructive surgeries for injured soldiers in World Wars I and II ‘laid the foundation for the future of transgender medicine’.
The guide says that one such worker was Enid Mary Barraud, who ‘challenged gender norms’. It notes: ‘Enid preferred to identify as male, known to friends as “John”, and she lived with her female partner “Bunty”.
So, soldiers doing whatever they can to make captivity less horrific, a lesbian Land Girl and the fact that advances in medical procedure might have helped create transgender operations after the war... somewhat pathetic, wouldn't you say, Reader?
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