#FromTheArchives A retired trans firefighter has proven it’s never too late to be your true self after undergoing gender confirmation surgery at 80. Isobel Jeffrey told Good Morning Britain in 2023 that she had always felt from an early age that her gender identity and her assigned sex didn’t match. As a way to handle her feelings at the time, she began working jobs that made her feel more “manly,” including work as a sailor, which took her across the world. But in her 70s, with the blessing of her wife Margaret, she decided to publicly transition into the woman she had wanted to be for more than 40 years. “When I was younger, they were still, imprisoning gay people, trans people weren’t even talked about,” Isobel said. “I had the support of a wonderful, wonderful wife who I shall have been married to for 60 years.” Isobel said her wife would support her by buying dresses that she would wear in the privacy of her own home.