Excl: Ian Duncan, the deputy speaker of the House of Lords, talks for the first time about how his brother died of ovarian cancer - to encourage better awareness and screening of cancer in trans people.
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2/ Duncan thought for a long time before granting this interview. “The whole community has become a football for different factions who are using it as a means to tell a story. Often the people ignored are the very people that that story is about.”
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3/ Duncan’s decision to spark a public conversation about cancer in trans people comes as two cancer charities, Live Through This and CoppaFeel!, launch a groundbreaking campaign to increase the numbers of trans and non-binary people checking themselves and going to screenings.
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4/ In 2007, Sean phoned his brother to deliver the news. “Sean said it was ovarian cancer,” says Lord Duncan. “I remember thinking, ‘That must be very difficult to deal with because of who you are’.”
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5/ Sean died before they were able to reunite. “It was very quick, within days of me knowing. It was shocking. A shock on lots of different levels. Shocking because you never think you’re going to lose a sibling – you think that they’re there forever.
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6/ Read the full story of Lord Duncan’s brother Sean in today’s
@theipaper
- and join the campaign for better awareness of cancer in trans people. Follow
@CoppaFeelPeople
and
@LTTcancer
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