Bigbird Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) Bet you didn’t know that Singapore used to be a hub for sex change ops Rachel Chan The Popping Post•16 January 2016 In The Danish Girl, we learn of the story of Lili Elbe, said to be the first recipient of gender reassignment surgery sometime in 1930. Originally Einar Wegener, a prolific Danish landscape painter, she felt that she had been born into the wrong body and found salvation in Kurt Warnekros, a surgeon who would perform the life-changing operation for her in Dresden, Germany. The story of Elbe is considered groundbreaking and a revelation to those studying sexology, but do you know that Singapore had our own Lili in the 1960s? The successful procedure was what paved the way for Singapore to become a hub for sex change operations in the 1970s and 1980s. But first, I bet you want to find out more about the Singapore Lili. Elbe/Wegener is played by Eddie Redmayne (nominated for Best Actor for this year's Academy Awards), whose portrayal of Lili - with short auburn waves and a simpering smile - will probably be remembered as Hollywood's tribute to the transgender community for a long time to come. Very long article Read more https://sg.style.yahoo.com/bet-didn-t-know-singapore-1243 Dont know why there's this phantom huge space below. I cant seems to delete it! Edited October 15, 2020 by Bigbird 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bigbird Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 The first sex change surgery in S'pore performed in 1971 was also the first in Asia However, many challenges lay ahead. Tanya Ong | July 01, 2017, 03:24 PM Originally, sex change operations in Singapore involved only hermaphrodites (people with both male and female genitalia) and the removal of one set of genitalia. That changed in 1971, when the first sex reassignment operation was successfully performed on a Singaporean male in Kandang Kerbau Hospital (KKH), paving the way for Singapore to become the leader in sex reassignment surgeries in the 80s. It was also the first of its kind in Asia. The operation was carried out by Professor S.S. Ratnam and two other surgeons from the University of Singapore’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G). The male-to-female operation involved a three-hour surgical conversion to functionally change the patient's sex and appearance. Read More https://mothership.sg/2017/07/the-first-sex-change-surgery-in-spore-performed-in-1971-was-also-the-first-in-asia/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bigbird Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Prof. Ratnam & sex change ops in S'pore (1974) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 On 10/15/2020 at 11:44 PM, Bigbird said: Dont know why there's this phantom huge space below the last text line. I cant seems to be able delete it! Just paste you text to notepad the. Copy text from notepad and to here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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