I think you’re right. Wasn’t the first prominent trans person in the U.S. the tennis player Renee Richards? There was a good deal of controversy as “she” beat female players. Anyway, I think she had to go to Sweden for her surgical mutilation — no American surgeon would do it. She was a rather sad, bitter “woman” when she died.
“Wasn’t the first prominent trans person in the U.S. the tennis player Renee Richards?”
Interesting quote from this person:
“Having lived for the past 30 years, I know if I’d had surgery at the age of 22, and then at 24 went on the tour, no genetic woman in the world would have been able to come close to me. And so I’ve reconsidered my opinion.”