In honor of the Days of Blood, or Trans Day of Visibility, we are exploring Trinidad's history as the "Sex Change Capital of the World." We talk about the history of trans people, in antiquity and the modern era, and the work of Dr. Stanley Biber and later Dr. Marci Bowers, as they provided gender confirmation surgery to over 6,000 trans people in Trinidad.
Sources:
Going to Trinidad by Martin J. Smith
The Histories by Herodotus
Gilgamesh translated by John Gardner
The Johns Hopkins Newsletter
"My New Vagina Won’t Make Me Happy" by Andrea Chu Long
"Crying in a Bathroom Stall" by Dyke Drama
Further Listening:
One From the Vaults
