Hmm.

As I mentioned, Elmer Belt was one of the first doctors in the United States to perform these surgeries, and guess what happened? He became disgusted with these men.

He became disgusted with what he was doing, and he stopped doing it.

Let's fast-forward ahead to the 1960s.

The first gender identity clinic in the United States was founded at the Johns Hopkins University right here in Baltimore, and its founding director was a man named John Hoopes, and his successor was a man named John Meyer.

And guess what happened? They became disgusted with these men.

They became disgusted with what they were doing.

This is exactly what I have heard