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The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic
Opinion. Late one night on the cusp of the 20th century, Magnus Hirschfeld, a young doctor, found a soldier on the doorstep of his practice in Germany. Distraught and agitated, the man had come to ...
Christine Jorgensen
Christine Jorgensen (May 30, 1926 - May 3, 1989), born George William Jorgensen Jr., [4] was an American actress, singer, recording artist, and transgender activist. A trans woman, she was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.. In 1945, Jorgensen was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II.
Gender-affirming surgery (male-to-female)
Lili Elbe was the first well-known recipient of male-to-female sex reassignment surgery, in Germany in 1930, the first being Dora Richter. She was the subject of four surgeries ... The patient, an infantry soldier who identifies as a woman, had already begun a course of treatment for gender reassignment. The procedure, which the treating doctor ...
The story of the nation's first clinic for gender-affirming surgery
Reprints. Nicolas AsfouriAFP/Getty Images. N early 60 years ago, Johns Hopkins Hospital opened a first-of-its-kind clinic to provide gender-affirming surgery. The Gender Identity Clinic blazed a ...
Gender-affirming surgery
Gender-affirming surgeries were performed during the 1920s and '30s, primarily in Europe. These procedures were experimental and not extensively accepted by the medical community. At the time, it was widely believed that gender identity was immutable and that surgery could not alter it.
Gender-affirming surgery
Gender-affirming surgery is a surgical procedure, or series of procedures, that alters a person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics to resemble those associated with their identified gender.The phrase is most often associated with transgender health care and intersex medical interventions, although many such treatments are also pursued by cisgender and non-intersex individuals.
Remembering Dora Richter, One of the First Women to Receive Gender
Below, we recount the life of Dora Richter, one of the first people to receive gender confirmation surgery, and whose life was cut brutally short during the Nazi uprising. When people discuss milestone moments in transgender history, they often point to the first known sexual "reassignment" surgeries. Some will talk about Christine ...
Lili Elbe
Lili Elbe (born December 28, 1882, Vejle, Denmark—died September 13, 1931, Dresden, Germany) was a Danish painter who was assigned male at birth, experienced what is now called gender dysphoria, and underwent the world's first documented sex reassignment surgery. Born Einar Wegener, Elbe lived nearly her whole life as a man.
From GI Joe to GI Jane: Christine Jorgensen's Story
From GI Joe to GI Jane: Christine Jorgensen's Story. WWII veteran Christine Jorgensen became the first American transgender woman to attain fame for having sex reassignment surgery. Her story has influenced many others and helped redefine gender identity. June 30, 2020. Top Image: Photo of Christine Jorgensen taken by Maurice Seymour in ...
Brief History of Gender Affirmation Medicine and Surgery
The first documented gender affirmation surgery was performed on one of the institute's employees, Dora Richter. Dora had an orchiectomy in 1922, and later penectomy and vaginoplasty in 1931 [11]. Although Dora was the first to have surgery at the institute, arguably the most famous patient was Lili Elbe.
Meet Oregonian Dr. Alan Hart, who underwent the first documented gender
It was 105 years ago that an Oregon doctor underwent what is thought to be the first documented gender-confirming surgery in the United States. Dr. Alan Hart was born Alberta "Lucille" Hart in ...
Christine Jorgensen, The First American To Have Gender-Affirming Surgery
The first known American to undergo gender confirmation surgery, Christine Jorgensen became a culture icon in the 1950s. Christine Jorgensen never intended to be a celebrity. But in 1952, she became famous overnight after undergoing sex reassignment surgery in Denmark. She was America's first known trans woman to have the procedure, and she ...
Origins of Gender Affirmation Surgery: The History of the First Gender
This is the first study that highlights the role of the Gender Identity Clinic in establishing gender affirmation surgery and reveals the reasons of its closure. Origins of Gender Affirmation Surgery: The History of the First Gender Identity Clinic in the United States at Johns Hopkins Ann Plast Surg. 2019 Aug;83(2) :132-136. ...
Genital gender-affirming surgery: a history from the shadows to the
Gender-affirming surgery for FTM patients involves the creation of a penis (phalloplasty) with ultimate goals of allowing for urination while standing as well as for sexual penetration. The first description of such procedures for gender affirming surgery is by Sir Harold Gilles in the 1940s in which he used tissue from the patient's abdomen ...
Christine Jorgensen made history in 1952 with transgender surgery
June 12, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. EDT. When the New York Daily News blared the headline "Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty; Operations Transform Bronx Youth" on Dec. 1, 1952, Christine Jorgensen was still ...
The rise and fall of gender identity clinics in the 1960s and 1970s
Siotos C, Neira PM, Lau BD, et al. Origins of gender affirmation surgery: The history of the first gender identity clinic in the United States at Johns Hopkins. Ann Plast Surg. 2019;83(2):132-136. Baptists vote to ban sex change operations. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. October 15, 1977. Nutt AE.
Dora Richter
Dora Rudolfine Richter [3] (16 April 1892 - 26 April 1966) was a German trans woman and the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender-affirming surgery. [4] She was one of a number of transgender people in the care of sex-research pioneer Magnus Hirschfeld at Berlin's Institute for Sexual Research during the 1920s and early 1930s. She underwent surgical removal of the ...
Hopkins Hospital: a history of sex reassignment
It also implies that sexual reassignment surgery was introduced in the 1960s, though procedures took place earlier in the 1900s. The News-Letter regrets these errors. In 1965, the Hopkins Hospital became the first academic institution in the United States to perform sex reassignment surgeries. Now also known by names like genital reconstruction ...
He made this town the world's 'sex-change capital,' but he's not
Sept. 12, 2019 4:23 PM PT. TRINIDAD, Colo. —. If you're looking for evidence that this little-known Western outpost was, for 41 years, known as the world's "sex-change capital," be ...
History of Facial Feminization & Gender Confirmation Surgery
The first male-to-female surgeries in the United States took place in 1966 at the Johns Hopkins University Medical Center. The first physician in the United States to perform gender confirmation surgery was the late Dr. Elmer Belt, who did so until the late 1960s. Another notable person to transition was Renée Richards. She underwent male-to ...
The history of gender reassignment surgeries in the UK
The procedures included a vaginoplasty (surgical procedure where a vagina is created). In the UK, gender reassignment surgeries were pioneered by Sir Harold Gillies. Harold Gillies is most famous for the development of a new method of facial reconstructive surgery, in 1917. During the Second World War, he organized plastic surgery units in ...
The Trans Man Whose Pioneering Surgery Was A State Secret For Decades
And so Kalnbērzs did that surgery himself as well. The entire process took over a year and a half. The first operation was performed on Sept. 17, 1970, and the last was completed on April 5, 1972. They had to take breaks for two to three months at a time to allow Inna to heal.
Trump repeats false claims that children are undergoing transgender
Trump's remarks escalated conservatives' claims that educators are "grooming" or "indoctrinating" children to become gay or transgender.
KFILE: Harris pledged support in 2019 to cut ICE funding and provide
The first-ever gender-affirming surgery in federal prison occurred only recently in 2022 after years of legal battles. Harris' answer marked a change from her previous position as California ...
Lili Elbe
Lili Ilse Elvenes (28 December 1882 - 13 September 1931), better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, transgender woman, and one of the earliest recipients of gender-affirming surgery (then called sex reassignment surgery). [1] [2]She was a painter under her birth name Einar Wegener. [3] After transitioning in 1930, she changed her legal name to Lili Ilse Elvenes, stopped painting, [4 ...
Debate Fact Check: Harris and Trump on the Economy, Immigration and
Trump did not "save" the health insurance law known as Obamacare; the United States Senate did, in defiance of him. During his first year in office, Trump asked Congress to pass legislation ...
Trump repeats false claims that children are undergoing transgender
A spokesperson for Trump's campaign did not substantiate his claims and pointed NBC News to reports about parents' being left in the dark about their children's gender transitions at school.
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Opinion. Late one night on the cusp of the 20th century, Magnus Hirschfeld, a young doctor, found a soldier on the doorstep of his practice in Germany. Distraught and agitated, the man had come to ...
Christine Jorgensen (May 30, 1926 - May 3, 1989), born George William Jorgensen Jr., [4] was an American actress, singer, recording artist, and transgender activist. A trans woman, she was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.. In 1945, Jorgensen was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II.
Lili Elbe was the first well-known recipient of male-to-female sex reassignment surgery, in Germany in 1930, the first being Dora Richter. She was the subject of four surgeries ... The patient, an infantry soldier who identifies as a woman, had already begun a course of treatment for gender reassignment. The procedure, which the treating doctor ...
Reprints. Nicolas AsfouriAFP/Getty Images. N early 60 years ago, Johns Hopkins Hospital opened a first-of-its-kind clinic to provide gender-affirming surgery. The Gender Identity Clinic blazed a ...
Gender-affirming surgeries were performed during the 1920s and '30s, primarily in Europe. These procedures were experimental and not extensively accepted by the medical community. At the time, it was widely believed that gender identity was immutable and that surgery could not alter it.
Gender-affirming surgery is a surgical procedure, or series of procedures, that alters a person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics to resemble those associated with their identified gender.The phrase is most often associated with transgender health care and intersex medical interventions, although many such treatments are also pursued by cisgender and non-intersex individuals.
Below, we recount the life of Dora Richter, one of the first people to receive gender confirmation surgery, and whose life was cut brutally short during the Nazi uprising. When people discuss milestone moments in transgender history, they often point to the first known sexual "reassignment" surgeries. Some will talk about Christine ...
Lili Elbe (born December 28, 1882, Vejle, Denmark—died September 13, 1931, Dresden, Germany) was a Danish painter who was assigned male at birth, experienced what is now called gender dysphoria, and underwent the world's first documented sex reassignment surgery. Born Einar Wegener, Elbe lived nearly her whole life as a man.
From GI Joe to GI Jane: Christine Jorgensen's Story. WWII veteran Christine Jorgensen became the first American transgender woman to attain fame for having sex reassignment surgery. Her story has influenced many others and helped redefine gender identity. June 30, 2020. Top Image: Photo of Christine Jorgensen taken by Maurice Seymour in ...
The first documented gender affirmation surgery was performed on one of the institute's employees, Dora Richter. Dora had an orchiectomy in 1922, and later penectomy and vaginoplasty in 1931 [11]. Although Dora was the first to have surgery at the institute, arguably the most famous patient was Lili Elbe.
It was 105 years ago that an Oregon doctor underwent what is thought to be the first documented gender-confirming surgery in the United States. Dr. Alan Hart was born Alberta "Lucille" Hart in ...
The first known American to undergo gender confirmation surgery, Christine Jorgensen became a culture icon in the 1950s. Christine Jorgensen never intended to be a celebrity. But in 1952, she became famous overnight after undergoing sex reassignment surgery in Denmark. She was America's first known trans woman to have the procedure, and she ...
This is the first study that highlights the role of the Gender Identity Clinic in establishing gender affirmation surgery and reveals the reasons of its closure. Origins of Gender Affirmation Surgery: The History of the First Gender Identity Clinic in the United States at Johns Hopkins Ann Plast Surg. 2019 Aug;83(2) :132-136. ...
Gender-affirming surgery for FTM patients involves the creation of a penis (phalloplasty) with ultimate goals of allowing for urination while standing as well as for sexual penetration. The first description of such procedures for gender affirming surgery is by Sir Harold Gilles in the 1940s in which he used tissue from the patient's abdomen ...
June 12, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. EDT. When the New York Daily News blared the headline "Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty; Operations Transform Bronx Youth" on Dec. 1, 1952, Christine Jorgensen was still ...
Siotos C, Neira PM, Lau BD, et al. Origins of gender affirmation surgery: The history of the first gender identity clinic in the United States at Johns Hopkins. Ann Plast Surg. 2019;83(2):132-136. Baptists vote to ban sex change operations. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. October 15, 1977. Nutt AE.
Dora Rudolfine Richter [3] (16 April 1892 - 26 April 1966) was a German trans woman and the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender-affirming surgery. [4] She was one of a number of transgender people in the care of sex-research pioneer Magnus Hirschfeld at Berlin's Institute for Sexual Research during the 1920s and early 1930s. She underwent surgical removal of the ...
It also implies that sexual reassignment surgery was introduced in the 1960s, though procedures took place earlier in the 1900s. The News-Letter regrets these errors. In 1965, the Hopkins Hospital became the first academic institution in the United States to perform sex reassignment surgeries. Now also known by names like genital reconstruction ...
Sept. 12, 2019 4:23 PM PT. TRINIDAD, Colo. —. If you're looking for evidence that this little-known Western outpost was, for 41 years, known as the world's "sex-change capital," be ...
The first male-to-female surgeries in the United States took place in 1966 at the Johns Hopkins University Medical Center. The first physician in the United States to perform gender confirmation surgery was the late Dr. Elmer Belt, who did so until the late 1960s. Another notable person to transition was Renée Richards. She underwent male-to ...
The procedures included a vaginoplasty (surgical procedure where a vagina is created). In the UK, gender reassignment surgeries were pioneered by Sir Harold Gillies. Harold Gillies is most famous for the development of a new method of facial reconstructive surgery, in 1917. During the Second World War, he organized plastic surgery units in ...
And so Kalnbērzs did that surgery himself as well. The entire process took over a year and a half. The first operation was performed on Sept. 17, 1970, and the last was completed on April 5, 1972. They had to take breaks for two to three months at a time to allow Inna to heal.
Trump's remarks escalated conservatives' claims that educators are "grooming" or "indoctrinating" children to become gay or transgender.
The first-ever gender-affirming surgery in federal prison occurred only recently in 2022 after years of legal battles. Harris' answer marked a change from her previous position as California ...
Lili Ilse Elvenes (28 December 1882 - 13 September 1931), better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, transgender woman, and one of the earliest recipients of gender-affirming surgery (then called sex reassignment surgery). [1] [2]She was a painter under her birth name Einar Wegener. [3] After transitioning in 1930, she changed her legal name to Lili Ilse Elvenes, stopped painting, [4 ...
Trump did not "save" the health insurance law known as Obamacare; the United States Senate did, in defiance of him. During his first year in office, Trump asked Congress to pass legislation ...
A spokesperson for Trump's campaign did not substantiate his claims and pointed NBC News to reports about parents' being left in the dark about their children's gender transitions at school.