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Revision as of 21:33, 22 December 2023
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1938 - 2023
Occupation
Medicine
Description
Transgender psychiatrist, considered to be the first professional in the world. Underwent gender-confirmation surgery, accompanied by a camera crew. The footage became part of the documentary Becoming Jeanne: A Search for Sexual Identity, shown on NBC television in 1978. Closed her private New York City practice in the 1980s and then worked in hospitals in Brooklyn and upstate New York. Moved to San Francisco and worked with formerly incarcerated people and in California prisons. Retired in 1999.