Dr. Stanley Biber flexing his right arm in his office. In the foreground is a framed photo of him as a younger man also flexing his biceps

Lost Highways

Going Back to Trinidad

Season 2, episode 8

On this episode, how Trinidad, Colorado -- an iconic Western mining town along the old Santa Fe trail on the New Mexico border -- became the unlikely location for two pioneers of gender confirmation surgery. Their work would earn Trinidad the now-dated nickname: "the sex change capital of the world."

Guests: Mary Lee Biber | Eric Plemons | Peter Boag | Martin Smith | Susan Stryker | Anne Ogborn | Marci Bowers