Once a Girl Now a Husband
FORMER INTERNATIONAL ATHLETE LONDON, Aug. 10. A former girl, became a husband when Mr. Mark Weston, aged 30, who until three months ago believed himself to be a woman, was secretly married to Miss Alberta Bray at Plymouth Register Office. Weston is a former international athlete. A London cable on May 28 stated that after living for 30 years as a woman, Mary Weston, who was the British woman shot-put champion for sis years from 1924, javelin champion in 1927, and international shot-put champion in 1934, ihad undergone two operations and had her sex changed,
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 189, 12 August 1936, Page 5
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