'I was threatened with electric shock therapy as a little boy for wearing a dress - but now I'm free'
22-04-2025 07:00 via mirror.co.uk

'I was threatened with electric shock therapy as a little boy for wearing a dress - but now I'm free'

Samantha Wolsey was just six years old when she walked downstairs to show off her dress to her dad, just like her sisters, but the little boy was taken straight to a psychiatrist
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