America's First Trans Celebrity: Christine Jorgensen
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2017
- In 1953, Christine Jorgensen was the most famous woman in America.
Born 1926, and named George Jorgensen Jr., Christine was one of the first Americans to have gender reassignment surgery.
Having always identified as a woman, but living in a time where little was understood about gender identity, Christine grew up in the Bronx, and was a GI in the US army. Upon being honourably discharged she discovered the work of a Danish doctor called Christian Hamburger, someone who would change her life forever.
Doctor hamburger was the first clinician to diagnose Christine as being not homosexual, but what was then called transsexual. He went on to perform Christine’s initial surgeries in Copenhagen. Before flying back to the USA she decided to call herself Christine, in homage to Dr Christian. Upon her return, in what was an extraordinarily brave move, Christine was open to talking to the press. Polished, eloquent and with a sharp wit, her story captivated the nation - she seized this opportunity to educate. She also went on to tour with a nightclub act, singing her own personal theme song ‘I Enjoy Being a Girl’ and racked up more column inches than the likes of Marilyn Monroe.
But there were still barriers to Christine’s happiness.
She planned to marry a typist called Howard Knox.
But when their engagement was announced Howard lost his job and a marriage was never allowed because Christine’s birth certificate still read male, and couldn’t be changed at the time.
Before her death in 1989, Christine Jorgensen was a leading figure, campaigning for the LGBTQ community and a true vanguard of the 20th century….
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