Op by unknown doctor was a world first

[mephisto5]

ONE of the most important episodes in the history of gender re-assignment surgery took place in Bristol during the Second World War say researchers on the LBGT project

Comments

[pepsquad]

soooooooooooooo awesome!

[redstar826]

We have abseiling lesbians, come on

go on...

I'd be interested in a post about lgbt rights, protests, etc in the UK

[romp]

I'm interested.

And does the UK not have abseiling lesbians after all? Even after I bothered to google "abseiling"?

[mephisto5]

Yup we had them, as part of a protest 25 odd years or so against section 28 :) Will include newspaper clippings in write up.

[alryssa]

...AWESOME. Yes, please. :) I must have been too young to remember this the first time around.

[tabaqui]

How very cool. Amazing how there was a doctor with enough empathy and compassion to help him transform.

[mephisto5]

People a long time ago often were more tolerent than we think. There was an army officer who was pretty well known to be FtM in Victorian Britain who was well thought of.

[tabaqui]

More stuff i did not know. :)

I enjoy Downton Abbey, and the characters knowing and accepting the orientation of another character was very refreshing.

[bmh4d0k3n]

Yes, I've been wondering about how realistic that could've been. On one hand, Britain criminalized homosexuality longer than many other nations. On the other hand, there's no reason there couldn't've been enclaves that were pretty accepting. Do we know of any true stories?

[kagehikario]

Wait, in one place it's LGBTetc History month, in another Black History month?

BEST MONTH EVER! :D

(now come hither, queer black history...)

[mephisto5]

Of interest? (Disclaimer, I know very little history)