Archive of Christine Jorgenson, First American Trans Woman to Receive Reassignment Surgery
Archive of 3 silver gelatin press photos of Christine Jorgensen. 1953. Christine Jorgensen was the first American trans woman widely known for receiving sex reassignment surgery. In a letter to friends following her 1951 operation in Copenhagen, Jorgensen wrote, "Remember the shy, miserable person who left America? Well, that person.....