'The Danish Girl' caps year that put spotlight on transgender issues

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'The Danish Girl' caps year that put spotlight on transgender issues

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By Jocelyne Zablit
November 25, 2015 1 hour ago

Los Angeles (AFP) - "The Danish Girl," a film about transgender pioneer Lili Elbe, hits US theaters this week, riding on a wave of growing cultural awareness and media attention on LGBT issues.
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The movie, by British director Tom Hooper, who won an Oscar in 2011 for "The King's Speech," tells the story of Danish artist Einar Wegener, who underwent one of the first sex change operations of the 20th century and became known as Lili Elbe.

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