# Talk:Michael Dillon

I believe mention should be made in this article, which names Dr. Michael Dillon as the first female-to-male transsexual to undergo sex reassignment surgery, of Dr. Allan Hart, who underwent hysterectomy for the purposes of transitioning to male in 1917 or 1918 (see also here). "Sex reassignment surgery" is a bit of a misnomer, as it is not one surgery but a number of different surgical procedures, any one or any combination of which may be sufficient to allow an individual to live in the social role they see as appropriate to their gender identity. I believe the wikipedia entry on sex reassignment surgery makes this clear. I am therefore editing this article to reflect that Michael Dillon is the first trans man to undergo phalloplasty, rather than using the more general and potentially-misleading "sex reassignment surgery." —k.a.l. 03:57, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Note: We have an article on Alan L. Hart. -- The Anome (talk) 19:23, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Per WP:BIO#Sports_personalities I don't see how his highschool rowing is considered notable. The only source for this information is included from a biography of his importance as a trans man, not as a rower. there appears to be no media coverage focusing on his highschool activities at all. Liz-wiki-en (talk) 23:08, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

"High school"? I think you mean rowing for Oxford University in the Women's Boat Race 1935 and the Women's Boat Race 1936; in both of these pages Dillon is wiki-linked which is notable. Nedrutland (talk) 23:18, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Linked because he has an existing article, not because the information itself is notable. this is shown by how the other rowers don't have articles. Liz-wiki-en (talk) 00:23, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

I could be wrong, but doesn't MOS:CHANGEDNAME suggest Lobzang Jivaka should be prioritized over the name "Michael Dillon"? Atatchison (talk) 18:39, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Late reply but I came to this article because of that, and think it should be changed. Warrenᚋᚐᚊᚔ 18:04, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
Not if the bulk of reliable sources published after the name change still use the old name, per WP:NAMECHANGES. --Equivamp - talk 18:51, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
It’s really not so cut and dry 1 2, there’s not as much being published on him in the first place and much of it recognizes his name change. Given ambiguity, I think we should opt for the name he used in the later years of his life and he chose to publish under. Warrenᚋᚐᚊᚔ 20:33, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
We have three names here: the deadname under which he was a mildly notable rower and aristocrat, the name Michael Dillon that he was most notable under, and the chosen religious name "Lobzang Jivaka" that he used later. His most recent publication (the autobiography) is published under both names, though. I see no good reason to treat Lobzang Jivaka differently from Yusuf Islam, whose name change we only recognise for the late part of his career. —Kusma (talk) 21:45, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
Those are stage names, no? Warrenᚋᚐᚊᚔ 22:24, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
No, Michael Dillon, Lobzang Jivaka and Yusuf Islam are not stage names. —Kusma (talk) 06:56, 8 April 2025 (UTC)
I meant the late career name change specifically for Cat Stevens/Yusuf but I’m generally unfamiliar with him Warrenᚋᚐᚊᚔ 08:40, 8 April 2025 (UTC)