Out of the ordinary : a life of gender and spiritual transitions
Dillon, Michael, 1915-19622021
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'Out of the Ordinary' is the memoir of Dr. Michael Dillon/ Lobzang Jivaka (1915-1962) who transitioned from female to male between 1939 and 1949, became a ship's surgeon in the (British) Merchant Navy, and was a monastic novice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition when he died unexpectedly in 1962.
Main title:
Out of the ordinary : a life of gender and spiritual transitions / Michael Dillon/Lobzang Jivaka ; foreword by Susan Stryker ; edited by Jacob Lau, Cameron Partridge.
Imprint:
Dublin : The Lilliput Press, 2021.Dublin : The Lilliput Press, 2021.
Collation:
256 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781843518211 (pbk)
Dewey class:
920 DIL
Language:
English
Subject:
Dillon, Michael, 1915-1962Dillon, Michael, 1915-1962 -- TravelLobzang Jivaka, 1915-1962Transgender people -- BiographyFemale-to-male transsexuals -- BiographySurgeons -- Great Britain -- BiographyBuddhist monks -- India -- BiographyBiography20th century, c 1900 to c 1999Biography & non-fiction proseMemoirs
BRN:
2545339