Trapped

The author’s work of historical fiction describes the pioneering transsexual program at the University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center. Dr. Colin Markland and his team of Urologic Surgeons performed the first sex-change operation on the famous Cuban dancer Shalimar in 1966. Twenty-three additional procedures were carried out over at the University over the next 9 years. This book tells the true stories of Shalimar, Linda and Jackiethree transsexuals who believed they were females trapped in a male’s body.