Identity Crisis
In 1965, when Johns Hopkins became the first hospital in the nation to formally establish a sex change program, it shocked the nation. It also created a lab in which theories about nature vs. nurture— and body vs. mind— clashed in fascinating and ferocious ways. Four decades later, the implications are still being felt.
by Laura Wexler
Reader Comments
john money was a freak.my dad wouldnt leave me alone with him
Posted by karen on 11/08/09 at 09:02 PM
Laura
Thank you, thank you, thank you, a great job pulling this together. I underwent the surgery from male to female in 1983, as I look back it is impossible to grasp the folly of such surgery.
Then when I learned the surgery is cosmetic in nature (it is a masquerade) and can not change anyone’s gender, I felt like a fool. So for my healing I wrote a book, that has helped more than I ever thought. Keep up the great work, bravo
Walt
Posted by Walt Heyer on 04/22/07 at 06:37 PM
