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It was written while Michael Dillon was a fire watcher during WWII. It was discussed as a landmark piece of work, tackling trans identity and homosexuality in a scientific and psychological manner.
And he took this time to write a book called self and self was a really interesting tone from what I can tell where there was kind of a scientific treatise on endocrinology psychological treatise on b...
— Episode: Michael Dillon: Trans Pioneer
Episode: Michael Dillon: Trans Pioneer
It was written while Michael Dillon was a fire watcher during WWII. It was discussed as a landmark piece of work, tackling trans identity and homosexuality in a scientific and psychological manner.
And he took this time to write a book called self and self was a really interesting tone from what I can tell where there was kind of a scientific treatise on endocrinology psychological treatise on basically what would come so later be known as trans identity.
Well and everything gender identity homosexuality. Yeah like he was kind of tackling it all except not saying like this is who I am right.
He was approaching it like I'm a scientist right and this is this is what's what yeah and it got published in 1946 it was obviously not some huge bestseller because it was 1946.