Difference between revisions of "Lili Elbe"
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Painter and landscape artist, identified as a male at time of birth and named Einar Mogens Wegener. Had sex reassignment surgery in the 1930s, probably the first ever in recorded history, as noted in the book 'Man into Woman' and 'The Danish Girl' ( | + | Painter and landscape artist, identified as a male at time of birth and named Einar Mogens Wegener. Had sex reassignment surgery in the 1930s, probably the first ever in recorded history, as noted in the book 'Man into Woman' and the film 'The Danish Girl' (2015). During her transition, she was married to fellow painter [[Gerda Wegener]] and received his wife's full support for the transition. During her third surgery, it was discovered that she was Intersex. |
==Further Reading/Research== | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
Revision as of 14:53, 14 August 2018
Country
Denmark
Birth - Death
1886 - 1931
Occupation
Artist
Description
Painter and landscape artist, identified as a male at time of birth and named Einar Mogens Wegener. Had sex reassignment surgery in the 1930s, probably the first ever in recorded history, as noted in the book 'Man into Woman' and the film 'The Danish Girl' (2015). During her transition, she was married to fellow painter Gerda Wegener and received his wife's full support for the transition. During her third surgery, it was discovered that she was Intersex.
Further Reading/Research
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2969353/A-cross-dresser-1920s-Paris-loving-husband-sex-change-pioneer-Extraordinary-Lili-Elbe-Eddie-Redmayne-set-play-new-film.htm
- http://www.out.com/theater-dance/2015/9/28/danish-girl-stage-new-play-also-tells-tale-trans-pioneer-lili-elbel
- http://www.biography.com/people/lili-elbe-090815
