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Part One: John Ronald Brown: The Worst Surgeon Ever

Behind the Bastards

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Transgender Dysphoria Syndrome - Is There No Anesthesia?

In 1973, John Ronald Brown was established enough in the trans community that he gave a presentation at the second interdisciplinary symposium on gender dysphoria syndrome. His presentation focused on what he called his miniaturization technique, in which he would turn a patient's penis into a clitoris. "It's amazing, the desperation for something like thicker lips that would lead you to just let somebody in a hotel room inject you with nonsense," she says.

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