Jan Morris was born on the 2nd of October, 1926 in Somerset, to an English mother and Welsh father. She was educated at Lancing College Boarding School and Christ Church, Oxford, was in the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers during World War 2, and then became a writer and journalist. Jan Morris began her transition in 1964 and underwent gender reassignment surgery in 1972 in Morocco, which she wrote about in the 1974 book Conundrum. Her autobiography was the first written as ‘Jan Morris’ and was one of the first to discuss transitioning and as such was extremely influential in 20th century UK trans history (and beyond, as it was a worldwide bestseller); “I was three or perhaps four years old when I realized that I had been born into the wrong body, and should really be a girl. I remember the moment well, and it is the earliest memory of my life.” Jan married Elizabeth Tuckniss in 1949 and they had 5 children (4 surviving) including the Welsh language poet and musician Twm Morys. Jan and
