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Artist
 
Artist
  
==Notable Achievements==
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==Description==
  
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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' (being made into a film).
  
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==Further Reading/Research==
  
==Description==
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* 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
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* http://www.out.com/theater-dance/2015/9/28/danish-girl-stage-new-play-also-tells-tale-trans-pioneer-lili-elbel
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* http://www.biography.com/people/lili-elbe-090815
  
Painter, identified as a male at time of birth. Had sex reassignment surgery, probably the first ever recorded noted in the book 'Man into Woman'
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Revision as of 00:12, 29 September 2015

Lili Elbe

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 Danish Girl' (being made into a film).

Further Reading/Research


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