#Trans Pioneers

"The interwar idea of ‘sex change’ implied that sex or #GenderFluidity was possible, and that individuals might choose their sex. It was not until the 1950s that transitioning became medically possible and eventually available in Britain.

"The pioneering trans people were #MichaelDillon and #RobertaCowell."

Read more:
https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/lgbtq-heritage-project/trans-and-gender-nonconforming-histories/trans-pioneers/

#TransgenderHistory #TransVisibility #TransRightsAreHumanRights
#HumanRights #History #Histodon #GenderNonConforming #England

‘First #transman to #medically #transition’ became a #monk after his #heart was #broken

More commonly known as just #MichaelDillon, he was a #doctor, #philosopher, #poet and #seeker of #spiritualenlightenment.

#TransMen #Transgender #LGBTQIA #UK #India #PersonalStories #History

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/31/laurence-michael-dillon-trans-man/

I'm meaning to write something about Michael Dillon, who's in my screen name. Keep hitting links associated with Pagan Kennedy's horrible biography. She got to publish in Tricycle, bc in later life, Dillon became a Gelukpa monastic and she offers the "buddhism angle"

#MichaelDillon #TransHistory #Vajrayana #TibetanMonasticism #Buddhism