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Transsexuals in popular culture

Recent Hollywood portrayals and fictional dramatizations have boosted the national visibility and humanity of transsexuals

By John Ireland

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 detour to Denmark. Although the operation was heralded as the first sex-reassignment surgery, such operations had… return to article

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