Belgian gynecologist and plastic surgeon Georges Burou was BOTD in 1910. Born In Tarbes, he was raised in French-controlled Algiers, where his father was a schoolteacher. He studied at the Algiers School of Medicine, and trained as a gynaecologist and obstetrician, working in the Parnet Hospital in Algiers. During Worls War Two, he joined the French Expeditionary Corps as a surgeon, leaving to join active service with the Allied forces in Italy. After the war, he returned to Algiers, eventually settling in Casablanca, Morocco, with his wife (and fellow doctor) Jeanne Boisvert. In 1950, they opened their own surgical clinic next to their home near Parc de la Ligue-Arabe, named “Clinique du Parc”. Over the next five years, he developed pioneering surgical techniques for genital reconstruction in male-to-female transgender patients, improving tissue perfusion and decreasing the risk of infection. Due to the controversial nature of his work, he kept a low profile, providing a discreet side entrance for his patients to enter the clinic and discouraging post-surgical patients from interacting with the outside world until their recovery was complete. Several of his early patients, including French cabaret singer Coccinelle and English model April Ashley, became media celebrities, thrusting Burou and his work into the spotlight. By 1973, he had successfully treated over 3,000 trans woman, while “going to Casablanca” quickly became a code word in the trans community for gender reassignment surgery. Initially condemned by the medical fraternity, his techniques eventually became the gold standard for gender reassignment surgery. Welsh journalist Jan Morris published an account of her treatment with Burou in her 1974 memoir Conundrum, detailing his and Boisvert’s care for their patients and the clinic as a supportive community for trans women. He maintained a low profile, continuing to work until his death in 1987. A keen sailor, he drowned after his boat ran out of fuel near Fedala (now Mohammedia). He was 77. Now considered one of the most influential plastic surgeons of the 20th century, he is credited with legitimising gender-affirming care for trans people.