Gender fluid

Sir: I wonder if the authors of ‘Dr.James Barry’ got their inspiration from the 1999 publication by Isabel Allende, ‘Daughter of Fortune’. I have to say that they are one and the same ‘bloke’, ‘gal’. ( I very much enjoy your magazine.).
Tony Mitchell
Melbourne, Vic

Frustrated

Sir: Peter Kurti (‘Checking out’, 20/8) falsely paints Andrew Denton’s opposition to the current dominance of religious views – largely responsible for blocking access to voluntary euthanasia – as though Denton denies their right to express these views – not so.