Museum accused of ‘rewriting history’ after telling visitors Victorian boys in dresses were ‘gender fluid’
A museum has been accused of ‘rewriting history’ after it told visitors that boys in the Victorian era who wore dresses could be gender fluid.
The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, County Durham, claimed ‘gender fluidity is not a recent development’ because some boys aged between four and seven wore dresses in the 19th century.
Despite admitting the outfits were worn for ‘practical reasons’, the museum compared the fashion trend, known as breeching, to a modern version of gender nonconformity.
