In the early1970s, navigating hormone therapy was like the wild west. Protocols? Nah. Treatment Guidelines? What are those? Endocrinologists? Who needs them when family doctors will do just nicely. In this essay I salute Dr.…
Author: sandramesics
Remembering Angela Douglas
In 1973, I became the Philadelphia Director of the Transsexual Action Organization, a group created by the famous (infamous?) Angela Douglas. She was without a doubt one of the most fascinating, frustrating, and infuriating people…
Yonkers: The SRS Capital of the East Coast in the 1970s
I visited Yonkers Professional Hospital in 1976 and again in 1980 for surgical procedures by Dr. David R. Wesser. After many of the university-based gender identity clinics of the 1960s closed, the work was taken…
My Articles in The Transsexual Voice
From about 1981 to 1995, Phoebe Smith published an excellent publication called “The Transsexual Voice.” I enjoyed writing articles for this publication until about 1991, when I began attending Nursing School full-time. Some issues of…
An Honorary Doctorate
In 2019, the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, honored me with an honorary doctor of science degree for my contributions to nursing, education, women’s health, and pioneering advocacy for the LGBTQ community. As I…
Pride 2020
I was asked to contribute a video as to what Pride meant to me. This was especially poignant during the Pandemic, the Trump administration, and the George Floyd murder. As a bonus, I was proudly…
Spotlight on the Albany TVIC Group
Some Early Writing
A Surgery Story
In those pre-internet days, we relied on media to share information. I was a 24-year-old editor at Neptune Productions in 1976, the summer I had gender conformation surgery, and since there were so few first-person…
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