1966: Trans-Sex = Cross-Sex
Waterloo Daily Courier, January 8, 1967, Page 55 Trans-Sex Surgery at Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, (AP) – Trans-sexual surgery has been completed on the first patient in the University of Minnesota Medical School’s gender research program. Dr. Donald W. Hastings announced yesterday. The surgery changed a middle-aged man into a legal female. Identity of the patient was not disclosed. Dr. Hastings, professor and head of the department of psychiatry and neurology, said the physiological phase of the program has been completed with no medical problems. The patient “now has entered into the long period of psychiatric treatment towards a full adjustment and we all hope eventually a contributing position in society,” Dr. Hastings said. “Must Be Prudent” In a prepared statement, the doctor added: “It must be clearly understood that in the future we must be very prudent in public discussion of our activities. We do not plan to announce future
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Community significance
“1966: Trans-Sex = Cross-Sex” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to healthcare and medicine, while also engaging law and civil rights. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
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“1966: Trans-Sex = Cross-Sex” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with healthcare and medicine. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for law and civil rights.
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- 1Healthcare and medicineTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life100%
- 2Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life14%
- 3Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication14%
- 4Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life14%
- 5Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community14%
Academic framing
- 1100%
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Gwen Smith
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Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.
Marti Abernathey
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.
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