A pedestrian green light in Trafalgar Square, London, displaying the transgender symbol instead of the usual man crossing the street symbol. This is froma2016 cooperation between Transport for London and Siemens. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / David Monniaux. I grew up in a household where my mother, a teacher and my father, a civil servant, read The Irish Times cover to cover every single day except Sunday. When I got engaged, it was announced on the pages. My parents are now in their early seventies and part of the dwindling demographic still imbibing…
