Andreas Krieger | Transgender Man

Before becoming a trans man, Andreas Krieger was named Heidi Krieger and competed for the women’s East German athletics team. He has always felt gender dysphoria, even at a young age. As it turned out, he had unknowingly and systematically been doping him with anabolic steroids for years by East German officials. Moreover, the event has caused body chemistry issues. He then later underwent gender reassignment surgery.

The experience he had with doping was traumatic, at the least. A PBS series entitled Secrets of the Dead featured his life. It was unclear why the German officials made this negative investment, but they have their reasons for sure. His story was also mentioned in the first episode of the BBC documentary called The Lost World of Communism.