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Christine Jorgensen was an American actress, singer and activist

She garnered headlines in the early 1950s as one of the first Americans to undergo a successful gender confirmation operation

Jorgensen is depicted in Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Christine Jorgensen is remembered as a key figure in LGBTQ+ history .

In the early 1950s, she captured global attention as one of the first Americans to undergo gender confirmation surgery, becoming a symbol of courage, visibility and the fight for acceptance.

"She is the person who brought what we now call 'transgender' to the attention of a global audience. She was literally the biggest story on the planet in 1952," professor and historian Susan Stryker said in PBS' 2023 documentary (Trans)formation: The Story of Ch

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