Transgender woman recounts facing up to sexuality while in Orange Order
Woman says she moved to Northern Ireland to overcome stress of being born male
Adrianne says she hopes to rejoin the Orange Order in the women’s lodges. Photograph: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker Press
A transgender woman, who was in the Orange Order when she lived as a man, has described how she faced up to her sexuality after coming to live in Northern Ireland and attending a Gay Pride parade.
The woman, identified as Adrianne in a BBC television interview, recounted how 11 years ago she came to Belfast from England, joined the Orange Order and demonstrated against the 2005 Gay Pride parade.