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Dr. Bailey has come under tremendous social and administrative pressure from partisans who disagree with his scientific views. None of this pressure is related to ''scientific disagreement'' however, but is purely motivated by objections to the ''implications'' of his theory. Rather than try to refute his scientific findings (say, by publishing research of their own in a peer-reviewed journal), "[[transgender]] activists worked to try to ruin Bailey professionally and personally." [http://www.bioethics.northwestern.edu/faculty/work/dreger/controversy_tmwwbq.pdf]
Dr. Bailey has come under tremendous social and administrative pressure from partisans who disagree with his scientific views. None of this pressure is related to ''scientific disagreement'' however, but is purely motivated by objections to the ''implications'' of his theory. Rather than try to refute his scientific findings (say, by publishing research of their own in a peer-reviewed journal), "[[transgender]] activists worked to try to ruin Bailey professionally and personally." [http://www.bioethics.northwestern.edu/faculty/work/dreger/controversy_tmwwbq.pdf]
==Famous Patients==
*Christine (George) Jorgensen: An American [[World War II]] veteran, George became Christine in a 1952 operation. This was the first widely publicized sex change surgery.<ref>[http://www.christinejorgensen.org/ Christine Jorgensen site]
*Jan (James) Morris: A British [[World War II]] veteran, reporter, and father, Morris underwent sex change surgery in 1972.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/profile/profile_jan_morris.shtml Jan Morris: A Profile]
*Dr. Rene Richards (Richard Raskin): An American doctor and tennis player. Richards made waves in 1976, when she entered amature [[tennis]] competitions as a woman.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/garden/01renee.html The Lady Regrets]
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