120: A Trans Doctor Got Outed. He Fought Back. (Part 2)

In 1917, Alan Hart became one of the first trans men in the United States to undergo a medically-assisted transition. In the months after his transition, the life he’d envisioned took shape. He got an internship at San Francisco Hospital. He fell in love.

But, when Alan applied for a job at another hospital, a former classmate spotted him. They outed him to his prospective employer. They outed him to his current employer. He was outed via a newspaper. Soon, the story was picked up by wire services.

The experience was traumatic, but Alan held steady. In time, he established himself as a trailblazing trans doctor.

Remember, kids, history hoes always cite their sources! For this episode, Kristin pulled from:

“Trailblazing transgender doctor saved countless lives,” by Leo DeLuca for Scientific American

“Homo-sexuality and its treatment,” by J. Allen Gilbert for the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

“Alan Hart” by Morgen Young for Oregon Encyclopedia

“This Kansas-born transgender doctor made a lifesaving tuberculosis breakthrough,” by Jacob Smollen for KCUR

“Alan L. Hart: An innovative pioneer in radiology and transgender rights,” by Athena Reich and Katharine A. Colbert for PubMed Central

“Dr. A. Lucille Hart wore male attire,” The Capital Journal, Feb. 1918

“Intern unmasked as girl graduate of Oregon school,” The Oregon Daily Journal, Feb. 1918

“Dr. Hart does work in male attire,” Albany Democrat, Feb, 1918