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In the 1920s, when gender expression was far from mainstream, Michael Dillon sought to align his body with his true identity. Faced with no terminology or accepted treatments, he self‑directed his transition, experimenting with cutting‑edge hormone therapy and surgical interventions. His journey—spanning from a privileged upbringing and an Oxford lesbian identity to a post‑surgery romance with early male‑to‑female trans person Roberta Cowell, and culminating in self‑imposed exile in India—offers a rare insider view of early transgender struggles and heralds a transformative chapter in the history of gender reassignment surgery. Dillon’s story, documented in this biography, illustrates the challenges of early transsexuals and challenges conventional notions of gender.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Pagan Kennedy
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