In 1939, the teens are among the first known minors to transition with hormones.
Mark told the Daily Mirror in 1939, “I feel I have worn these clothes all my life. I have always been a man at heart, and I am glad to be in trouser.”
From "Before Gender: Lost Stories from Trans History, 1850-1950" (about to be released, by author Eli Erlick)
https://www.yesmagazine.org/body-politics/2025/05/27/before-gender-lost-stories-trans-history-excerpt
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