Wondrous Transformations: A Maverick Physician, the Science of Hormones, and the Birth of the Transgender Revolution

by Alison Li

Harry Benjamin (1885-1986), a German-born endocrinologist, was a pivotal figure in the development of transgender medicine. He was physician to transgender pioneers such as Christine Jorgensen, the 1950s "Ex-GI" turned "Blonde Beauty" media sensation, and in turn, she and other collaborators helped to shape Benjamin's influential 1966 book, The Transsexual Phenomenon. Alison Li's much-needed biography of Benjamin chronicles his passion for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469674858
• ISBN13: 9781469674858
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"