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Argentina passes a law during the Onganía military dictatorship prohibiting “surgical interventions that modify the sex of a patient, unless performed after judicial authorization.” This legislation would remain in effect until the country’s Gender Identity Law passed in 2012.

The black and white cover of the Argentine magazine Así from May 1965 featuring the headline, "Mutilation of the Immoral: Doctor Defazio Faces a Serious Accusation," above photographs of surgeon Francisco Defazio and one of his patients. Via Archivos Desviados