Christine Jorgensen Biography

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NAME: Christine Jorgensen
OCCUPATION: Film, Theater, Television, Singer
BIRTH DATE: May 30, 1926
DEATH DATE: May 03, 1989
EDUCATION: Christopher Columbus High School, New York Institute of Photography
PLACE OF BIRTH: Bronx, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: San Clemente, California
Originally: George William Jorgensen Jr.
Full Name: Christine Jorgensen
AKA: George William Jorgensen
AKA: George Jorgensen

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Entertainer, author and famous transsexual Christine Jorgensen, made headlines in the early 1950s for having a sex change from a man to a woman.

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Although some rejected her, others found her engaging and fascinating. Along with performing, she was a popular lecturer and author of 1967’s Christine Jorgensen: A Personal Biography. Her life even made the big screen in 1970’s The Christine Jorgensen Story.

Legacy

Jorgensen retired to South California in the early 1970s. She died of bladder and lung cancer on May 3, 1989. Jorgensen’s very public transformation from a man to a woman launched a national discussion about gender identity, and her story stood as an inspiring example to others that suffered from that same feeling about being trapped in the wrong body, or gender dysphoria as it is also called.