Christine Jorgensen

Birth : 1926-05-30, The Bronx, New York

Death : 1989-05-03

History

Christine Jorgensen (May 30, 1926 – May 3, 1989) was an American transgender 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 from high school in 1945, she was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II. After her military service, she attended several schools and worked; it is during this time she learned about sex reassignment surgery. Jorgensen traveled to Europe, and in Copenhagen, Denmark, obtained special permission to undergo a series of operations beginning in 1952. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christine Jorgensen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Disclosure
Disclosure
Self (archive footage)
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
Christine in the Cutting Room
Christine in the Cutting Room
Susan Stryker uses the career of 1950s transsexual icon Christine Jorgensen to explore identity, embodiment, technology and representation.
What Sex Am I?
What Sex Am I?
Herself
"What Sex Am I?" follows a group of Transgender individuals struggling to make their way in every strata of 1980s America. From finding employment to finding acceptance, the first question the world forces them to ask is always, "What Sex Am I?"
We... Who Are Sexy!
We... Who Are Sexy!
Seven effeminate brothers are forcibly enlisted by their father in the army to straighten them up and turn them into real men.