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Completed in 1962 but unpublished until now is the long-neglected autobiography of Dillon/Jivaka (1915–62), born Laura Maud Dillon, who transitioned from female to male in the 1940s through testosterone treatments, a double mastectomy, and phalloplasty (the first performed on a transgender man). The public revelation of this transition and subsequent press attention spurred Dillon to flee to India, where he became a Buddhist monk as relayed in...Log In or Sign Up to Read More