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Title: Dec. 1, 1952: 'Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty'
Post by: Shana A on December 01, 2008, 07:20:00 AM
Post by: Shana A on December 01, 2008, 07:20:00 AM
Dec. 1, 1952: 'Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty'
By Tony Long
8 hours ago
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/11/dayintech_1201 (http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/11/dayintech_1201)
1952: It's front-page news when George Jorgensen Jr. is reborn as Christine Jorgensen, gaining international celebrity and notoriety as the first widely known person to undergo a successful sex-change operation.
Jorgensen, who grew up in the Bronx, in her words, a "frail, tow-headed, introverted little boy who ran from fistfights and rough-and-tumble games," was drafted into the Army just after World War II. Military service only reinforced Jorgensen's belief that she was, in fact, a woman trapped inside a man's body.
After receiving her discharge, Jorgensen returned home and first heard about "sex-reassignment surgery," which was being performed only in Sweden. (It was illegal almost everywhere else, including the United States.)
By Tony Long
8 hours ago
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/11/dayintech_1201 (http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/11/dayintech_1201)
1952: It's front-page news when George Jorgensen Jr. is reborn as Christine Jorgensen, gaining international celebrity and notoriety as the first widely known person to undergo a successful sex-change operation.
Jorgensen, who grew up in the Bronx, in her words, a "frail, tow-headed, introverted little boy who ran from fistfights and rough-and-tumble games," was drafted into the Army just after World War II. Military service only reinforced Jorgensen's belief that she was, in fact, a woman trapped inside a man's body.
After receiving her discharge, Jorgensen returned home and first heard about "sex-reassignment surgery," which was being performed only in Sweden. (It was illegal almost everywhere else, including the United States.)
Title: [History] Dec. 1, 1952: 'Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty'
Post by: Natasha on December 01, 2008, 05:45:14 PM
Post by: Natasha on December 01, 2008, 05:45:14 PM
Dec. 1, 1952: 'Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty'
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/11/dayintech_1201 (http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/11/dayintech_1201)
Tony Long
12/1/2008
Jorgensen's sex change, which may have been leaked to the press by Jorgensen herself, hit the headlines Dec. 1, creating an international sensation. "Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty" screamed the banner of Jorgensen's hometown New York Daily News.
In fact, Jorgensen was not the first person to undergo sex-reassignment surgery. During the rollicking Weimar period, German doctors performed the surgery on at least two patients. The difference, in Jorgensen's case, was that she underwent hormone-replacement therapy in conjunction with the surgery. The earlier surgeries were strictly cut-and-paste.
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/11/dayintech_1201 (http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/11/dayintech_1201)
Tony Long
12/1/2008
Jorgensen's sex change, which may have been leaked to the press by Jorgensen herself, hit the headlines Dec. 1, creating an international sensation. "Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty" screamed the banner of Jorgensen's hometown New York Daily News.
In fact, Jorgensen was not the first person to undergo sex-reassignment surgery. During the rollicking Weimar period, German doctors performed the surgery on at least two patients. The difference, in Jorgensen's case, was that she underwent hormone-replacement therapy in conjunction with the surgery. The earlier surgeries were strictly cut-and-paste.