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Christine Jorgensen (born May 30, 1926 – May 3, 1989) was an American trans woman who was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery. Jorgensen grew up in the Bronx, New York City. Shortly after graduating high school in 1945, she was drafted into the US Army for World War II. After her service she attended several schools, worked, and around this time heard about transitioning surgery. She travelled to Europe, and in Copenhagen, Denmark, obtained special permission to undergo a series of operations starting in 1951. She returned to the United States in the early 1950s and her transformation was the subject of a New York Daily News front page story. She became an instant celebrity, using the platform to advocate for transgender people, and became known for her directness and polished wit. She also worked as an actress and nightclub entertainer, and recorded several songs.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 468-470. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
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Was suffering from a rare endocrine condition in which a female fetus is exposed to too much male hormone in the womb, resulting in a person who looks like a male but is in fact genetically female and infertile. His transformation into Christine Jorgenson put a stop to this condition.
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Created a media sensation on December 1, 1952, when readers of the New York Daily News were greeted with a banner headline: "Ex-GI becomes blonde beauty: Operations transform Bronx youth". He had just returned from Denmark after a sex-change operation.
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The world's first male to female sex change subject to achieve notice by the public, her papers are bequeated to the Royal Library in Copenhagen, the city where her life as a woman began.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kaming mga talyada: We Who Are Sexy
1962
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Christine Jorgensen Story
1970
autobiography
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Christine Jorgensen Story
1970
technical advisor
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother
2007
Documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
What Sex Am I?
1985
Documentary
Herself
Tomorrow Coast to Coast
1975
TV Series
Herself
The Mike Douglas Show
1971
TV Series
Herself - Sex Reassignment Patient
The Merv Griffin Show
1970
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The Arthur Murray Party
1953
TV Series
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
20/20
2015
TV Series documentary
Herself
Biography
2004
TV Series documentary
Herself
Known for movies
The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970) as Writer
What Sex Am I? (1985) as Herself
Kaming mga talyada: We Who Are Sexy (1962) as Actress
$16 Million
