Michael Dillon

Laurence Michael Dillon (1 May 1915 – 15 May 1962) was a British doctor and author, and the first transgender man to undergo phalloplasty. Dillon was an early user of masculinising hormone replacement therapy and one of the first recorded recipients of a double mastectomy for the purpose of gender reassignment, and his 1946 book ‘''Self: A Study in Ethics and Endocrinology''’ is considered a pioneering work in the field of transgender medicine. As a surgeon, he performed an orchidectomy on Roberta Cowell, the first British trans woman to receive male-to-female sex reassignment surgery.

His transition became a subject of public attention when it affected his listing as the heir presumptive for the Dillon baronetcy of Lismullen in Ireland. He later moved to India and became devoted to Buddhism, changing his name to Lobzang Sramanera and then to Lobzang Jivaka. Between 1960–1962, he wrote four books on Buddhism, including ‘''Imji Getsul: An English Buddhist in a Tibetan Monastery''’. His autobiography ‘''Out of the Ordinary: A Life of Gender and Spiritual Transitions''’ was completed in 1962, and published in 2016. Provided by Wikipedia