By the '40s and '50s, medical researchers were starting to study trans medicine, but they were aided by their trans patients, like Louise Lawrence, a trans woman who had corresponded extensively with people who had been arrested for public cross-dressing.
Negli anni '40 e '50 i ricercatori cominciarono a studiare la medicina trans, ma furono aiutati dai loro pazienti trans, come Louise Lawrence, una donna trans che ha avuto intensi contatti con persone arrestate per abbigliamento non sessualmente appropriato.