20 trans Londoners who changed things by example or achievement

London, of course, was the home of the first Gender Identity Clinic at Charing Cross Hospital, supplemented by specialist consultants on Harley Street and nearby.

Doctors:

1. Harold Gillies (1882 – 1960) pioneer plastic surgeon who did one ftm and one mtf surgery 1942-6. GVWW  Wikipedia
   
2. Lennox Broster (1888 – 1965) pioneer surgery on 100s of CAH and other intersex in 1930s and later  GVWW   Wikipedia
   
3. Norman Haire (1892 – 1952) sexologist, colleague of Hirschfeld GVWW   Book
   
4. Patrick Clarkson (1911 – 1969) colleague of Gillies, surgery on Georgina Somerset. GVWW   Plarr
   
5. John Randell (1918 – 1982) at Charing Cross from 1950 till his death, MD thesis on TSs 1960. GVWW   GenderOrg
   
6. James Dalrymple (1931 - 2014) worked with Russell Reid. GVWW  
7. Russell Reid (1943 - ) consultant at Charing Cross from 1982, 2004-7 he was referred to General Medical Council and sued for giving patients what they requested. GVWW   Wikipedia
   
8. James Bellringer (1958 - ) worked previously with Charing Cross. TSSurgeryGuide   TGBoards
   
9. Richard Curtis (196? - ) trans himself, took over Russell Reid's private practice. Transhealth   Guardian

Persons:

1. Robert Allen (1914 - ?) birth certificate amended 1944, worked in film industry, radiologist, 1st ftm autobiograpy. Book  
   
   
2. Betty Cowell (1918 – 2011) motor racer, pilot, 1st mtf autobiography. GVWW    TGZone 
3. Bobbie Kimber (1918 – 1993) ventriloquist. GVWW    Travalanche   
   
   
4. Charlotte Bach (1920 – 1981) hypnotherapist, fraudster, theorist. GVWW    Book  
   
   
5. Della Aleksander (192? - 2002) school teacher, organized pioneering gender conferences in 1974/5, and BBC program on transsexuals 1974. GVWW
   
6. Stella Minge (192? - ?) ran the last ever Molly House, in Newham, London in the 1950s and 1960s. GVWW
   
7. Gladys Shufflewick (1924 – 1983) drag performer from 1950s who stayed in character offstage and later GLF legend. GVWW    Review  
   
   
8. Ron Storme (1926 – 2000) performer, organizer of drag balls. GVWW    Obituary  
   
   
9. Gloria Greaves (1933 - ) sex worker, convicted of a crime that only a man can commit, and sent to a female prison. GVWW
   
10. Yvonne Sinclair (1934 – 2013) activist, ran TV/TS Group 1976-88. GVWW   Website 
    
    
11. Dee Palmer (1937 - ) keyboardist in Jethro Tull, GVWW   Wikipedia  
    
    
12. Rachael Webb (1940 – 2009) lorry driver, Labour councillor in Lambeth. GVWW   
    
    
13. Sonia Burgess (1947 – 2010) lawyer working with trans and immigrants, killed by a client Whittlings    Wikipedia   
    
    
14. Letitia Winter (1948 - ) magician, Press for Change. GVWW   Wikipedia    
    
    
15. Roz Kaveney (1949 - ) GLF, writer, editor, activist. GVWW   Website  
16. Kellie Maloney (1953 - ) boxing promoter, UKIP candidate  Wikipedia  
    
    
17. Stella Nova (1960 – 2010) musician GVWW   Wikipedia 
    
    
18. Alex Silverfish (1965 – 2008) techno DJ GVWW   Skrufff 
    
    
19. Miranda Yardley (1967 - ) accountant, music magazine publisher, GVWW   Blog 
    
    
20. Nikki Sinclaire (1968 - ) UKIP and later independent MEP. GVWW   Wikipedia