Wondrous Transformations: A Maverick Physician, the Science of Hormones, and the Birth of the Transgender Revolution Susan Choi 2019 Cybils Award Finalist

2019 Cybils Award Finalist

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Wondrous Transformations: A Maverick Physician, the Science of Hormones, and the Birth of the Transgender Revolution Susan Choi 2019 Cybils Award FinalistHarry 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 hormones