Commentary: Unsung hero: A pioneer in transgender health care
by Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune
Jul 19, 2018
3 minutes
For a brief time last week, a controversy arose over actor Scarlett Johansson's decision to play the role of transsexual Dante "Tex" Gill in the upcoming movie project "Rub and Tug." Johansson has decided to "withdraw her participation in the project" as a response to social media criticism.
Even as the media focused on this contretemps, a legendary American plastic surgeon, pioneer and unsung hero in transgender health care died in May with little notice.
Dr. Milton Edgerton, who died at
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