Coccinelle

Coccinelle

Country

France

Birth - Death

1931 - 2006

Occupation

Entertainment

Description

Stage name of transgender cabaret singer Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy, who gained international fame with her sex-reassignment surgery. LGBTQ activist. Author of her autobiography 'Coccinelle' (1987). Born Jacques Charles Dufresnoy.

Further Reading/Research

• http://queermusicheritage-theblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/coccinelle-frances-most-famous.html
• http://calpol25.hubpages.com/hub/LGBT-People-Of-History-Part-Twenty-Eight-Coccinelle

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