I had taken my case to the European court of human rights in the ’80s because trans people couldn’t get their birth certificates amended or replaced after gender confirmation surgery. We couldn’t legally marry. If I had been sent to prison, it would have been a male prison and on and on the list went. Consequently, as a result of the lack of protection in those days, I had fallen prey to the press who had outed me. It destroyed my career as a successful international model.