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March 10, 2021

Transgender author Torrey Peters makes history by being named on Women's Prize For Fiction longlist

We are truly living in historic times! Congratulations, Torrey, and here's for dropping "transgender": a woman is a woman is a woman!

The Women's Prize for Fiction has made history by including a trans woman in its 2021 longlist.

Torrey Peters has been listed for her debut novel Detransition, Baby, months after organisers faced fierce criticism for announcing entries will be accepted from anyone 'legally defined' as a woman.

Detransition, Baby follows trans women Reese and Amy as they attempt to navigate forming an unconventional family when Amy de-transitions to become Ames and fathers a child from an affair with his boss Katrina.

In October, organisers of the prestigious award were accused of putting women's rights last as they extended the award to 'all women'.

Joanna Prior, chairman of the award's board, said: 'In our terms and conditions, the word "woman" equates to a cis woman, a transgender woman or anyone who is legally defined as a woman or of the female sex'.

A trans woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth, while cis or cisgender is a term for those whose gender identity matches their sex assigned at birth.

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