Transsexuality has been on the American radar just over half a century. On December 1, 1952, the New York Daily News splashed the headline, "Ex-GI Becomes Blond Beauty." Christine (née George) Jorgenson returned from Europe after serving in the U.S. Armed Forces and taking a [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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