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| April Ashley is one of the earliest known people to have sex reassignment surgery, and is a British model & restaurant hostess. Born as George Jamieson, she relates in her book that she was raped while still an 11-year-old boy. At 25, having saved 3,000 pounds, she underwent a 7-hour long sex reassignment surgery in May 1960. She underwent significant pain and all her hair fell out — but the sex change operation was successful. |
Balian Buschbaum was born a she — as Yvonne Buschbaum, a former female pole vaulter in Germany. He was awarded 2nd best female pole vaulter in Germany, but subsequently retired due to a persistent injury. Soon after he publicly expressed his desire to begin sex reassignment, and in 2008 underwent the surgery to become a man. |
