FGM and sex reassignment surgery are two sides of the same coin.
One form of genital mutilation inflicted on girls is illegal, the other is provided by the NHS.
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In the course of writing five books spanning breasts to brains, I’ve done a 180° turn on gender.
I started a series of works about the body in 2013 a…