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Alan L. Hart, a physician, becomes one of the first trans men to transition with medical support.

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Alan L. Hart, a doctor who pioneered the use of chest x-rays to detect tuberculosis, becomes one of the first people in the United States to medically transition when he receives a hysterectomy as gender-affirming surgery.