Sex-change Woman ‘pregnant’ (Press, 12 September 1969)
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Summary: Sex-change Woman ‘pregnant’ (Press, 12 September 1969)
On 11 September 1969, Mrs Dawn Langley Hall Simmons, an English writer known for her sex change surgery and marriage to a Black man, announced that she was pregnant. However, a representative from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where she underwent her surgery, stated that it was "definitely impossible" for her to conceive. The 32-year-old expressed her belief that she was expecting a child in November and mentioned that the delivery would take place in the Mid-West. Witnesses who had seen Mrs Simmons recently noted that she appeared to have gained weight and was wearing maternity attire. She shared her happiness about the pregnancy, noting that she had quietly been living at home and felt fine. Mrs Simmons indicated she had realised her pregnancy several months prior, with the diagnosis being made by a New York doctor, whose name she chose not to reveal. In January, she had married her husband, John Paul Simmons, a mechanic who previously worked as her houseboy.
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