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Mother's Story 01 Sex Change For Son Admitted HoaxE.PciaAor1St7d?laoratraAGUASCAI2ENTES, Mexico, Jan. 9 (IB — A mother who said ler pretty Mexican daughter underwent surgery to achieve a 'sex change” admitted Friday he tale was a hoax to get her son out of the skirts he had worn for 21 years, ■ .Mrs. Maria Ignacio Gonzales ;aid she raised her son as a girl 'because I always wanted a laughter, but finally was forced 'o invent the story of the sex change when he began getting interested romantically in girls.The 21-year-old son, re-named Salvador, now is living a normalmasculine life, the mother said. \ _ Operation Claimed . j Ifirst trvld news* lt;1Si4iaF[Mrs. Gonzales first told newspapers ‘ her daughter, Rebeca, j was transformed into a man by a g ‘delicate operation to correct bi- j sexual features.” . v.But she revealed the hoax when $ doctors refused to conlirm her story. • NSalvador's feminine disguise L was penetrated hy physicians a when the boy, wearing long c tresses, lipstick and facepowder, was admitted to the women’s F ward of a Mexico City hospital k for a minor neck operation. £ Became Suspicious ! 2»He displayed such interest in a his female companions, doctors jsaid, that they became suspicious ■ *and discovered his real identity % by examination. eMrs. Gonzales said when doc-j tors convinced her of the /'moral . wrong*’’ she had committed, she j invented the story of the sex surgery “so that my son could be restored to his true sex withoutvembarrassment to anyone.”Salvador, his hair clipped short, ^ and seeking a job as a laborer, t had no comment. -. gI
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Evening Journal
Lubbock, Texas, US
Fri, Jan 09, 1953
Page 10
Full Page
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