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Source: NPR "All Things Considered"

Roundup

Sex-Change Pioneer, Dr. Stanley Biber [4min]

The king of sex-change procedures has died. Dr. Stanley Biber performed nearly 4,000 such operations over 30 years, probably more than anyone else. In the process, he turned the tiny town of Trinidad, Colo., into the sex-change capital of the world.

Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"