A Change of Sex

The first part of the ground-breaking BBC series that follows transgender activist Julia Grant through her transition.

It’s 1979 and Julia’s first year living as a woman, before the NHS psychiatrist in charge of her case makes a decision on whether to allow gender reassignment surgery.

In 1980 Julia Grant's attempt to obtain permission for gender reassignment surgery stalls after a year of seeing the NHS psychiatrist who can sanction the operation. She asserts herself to get surgery elsewhere.