Emmerdale’s Matty risks it all as he tells fellow prisoner that he is transgender

He senses it’s the right thing (Picture: ITV)Hats off to Ash Palmisciano, who has perfectly played Matty Barton’s palpable terror and intense anxiety at being a transgender man in an all-male prison in Emmerdale.It’s been a difficult but eye-opening watch as he has navigated adjusting to live behind dangerous bars not only as an innocent man, but an innocent trans man.Because of his predicament, Matty has been sleeping with one eye open, mostly avoiding the shower, and refusing