Standard Disclaimer: This page is a listing and links to news items regarding transgender persons from 1963. It is ordered by date of appearance in the news, not the date of the event. Note that the text summaries are not transcripts.
August 9, 1963. Omaha World Herald, page 38
A short article quotes Dr. Clifford Allen, a British surgeon, as saying sexual reassignment surgery is ineffective both physically and mentally.
September 11, 1963. Omaha World Herald, page 8
Model, nightclub performer, and socialite April Ashley – a transsexual woman – is reported to have wed Arthur Corbett, the son of Lord Rowallan, in Gibraltar. Ashley would later write in her autobiography that the marriage was a sham, and she had numerous affairs almost from day 1.
