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Mark Weston (athlete)

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Following his example, his elder sibling Harry (previously known as Hilda) also changed his gender presentation and name in the 1930s. Harry died by suicide by hanging while suffering from depression in 1942.
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and earning a diploma. He became interested in amateur athletics in 1924, taking part until 1930. Weston explained in an interview that his studies into anatomy led to him questioning his gender in 1930.
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After surgery, Weston changed his first name to Mark, retired from competitions, and returned to work as a
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and raised as a girl. In April and May 1936, Weston underwent a series of corrective surgeries at the
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Bronner, Milton (19 August 1936). "The "Girl-Who-Became-a-Bridegroom" Tells How It Feels to Change".
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. Oxford: OUP, May 2012.
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Weston with his wife Alberta Matilda Bray in 1936 (colorized)
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Weston with his wife and a friend in 1936 (colorized)
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Index

Athletics
England
Women's World Games
national champion
javelin throw
discus throw
shot put
1926 Women's World Games
disorder of sex development (DSD)
assigned female at birth
Charing Cross Hospital
Oreston
massage
masseur
Freedom Fields Hospital
Plymouth
Weston in 1936 (colorized)
Weston with his wife Alberta Matilda Bray in 1936 (colorized)
Weston with his wife and a friend in 1936 (colorized)
Witold Smętek
BRITISH ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 1919–1939
FSFI WOMEN'S WORLD GAMES



"Women athletes between the world wars (act. 1919–1939)."


"Girl Who Became Man Tells of Metamorphosis"

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