Trans 'pioneer' who is believed to be the first person in Scotland to have had gender reassignment surgery. Wilma McGilvray passed away from cancer in Glasgow Royal Infirmary last Friday- the same hospital that decades earlier performed her operation.
Born in Glasgow as William in May 1941, she had to battle to be accepted by society and for medics to carry out the procedures she wanted.
After decades of struggling - and in a first for Scotland - she went under the knife in November 1974 and was given full gender reassignment surgery.Best friend Dionne Simpson, who is also Trans, knew Wilma from age 14 and the pair shared the journey together and spoke of their heartbreaking final conversation.She said: "She was a pioneer in the Trans.