Roberta Cowell
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Roberta Cowell, born as Robert Cowell on May 21, 1921, became the first surgically altered male-to-female transsexual on May 15, 1951 via a surgical procedure invented and performed by Dr. Harold Gillies. This occurred almost 2 years earlier than Christine Jorgensen in the USA. Roberta Cowell's surgical transformation and friendship with the female-to-male transsexual Michael Dillon, also operated on by Dr. Harold Gillies, is documented in the book "The First Man-Made Man" by Pagan Kennedy [1].
[edit] References
- Roberta Cowell, The First British Transsexual
- Roberta Cowell's Story by Roberta Cowell, Heinemann, 1954
[edit] See also
- Harold Gillies
- Michael Dillon (physician)
- List of transgendered people
- List of transgender-related topics
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