Hello everyone!! I hope you are all doing well. Today I will share with you the story of a man whose adventure marked the beginning of a new chapter in the history of medical science. Hope you enjoy reading this article.
December 1, 1952. On that day a news item was published in the newspapers of the United States which shocked everyone. Readers flocked to the stalls to buy a magazine called the New York Daily News.
This is the first successful news of a gender reassignment on the cover of a magazine. The headline was: 'A former soldier is transformed into a beautiful blonde woman.'
The incident caused a stir around the world, including in the United States.
The former U.S. soldier was named George Jorgenson. She underwent an operation in Denmark, a European country, to change her gender to become a woman. Later her name was Christine Jorgensen.
Two months after the operation, another news item was published in a newspaper, in which a picture of a beautiful woman was printed. The photo shows the light-skinned woman, wearing a thick coat of fur, coming down from a plane at the New York airport. Journalists waiting there surrounded him.
Overnight it turned out to be a sensational affair. Christine later became a popular Hollywood star.She had a career in Hollywood - here she is with Roger Moore in 1960She had a career in Hollywood - here she is with Roger Moore in 1960
Tight Roots Hour is a Danish documentary filmmaker and doctor. Christine Jorgensen has met him several times. He made a movie about Christine in the 1980s.
"Christine's childhood was normal. But she says that as a teenager she started to feel a lot differently. She felt like her mind was stuck somewhere else," he said.
Christine Jorgensen says her gender identity became a big issue when she joined the U.S. military.
The Danish documentary filmmaker said Christine had told them that she had been intimidated by the military. "The tall male soldiers who were with him didn't think he was a man. If you look at pictures of him at the time, you'll see that he looks like a gay man. No doubt about it. Iām sure they all thought he was a gay man which might have been a problem for him in the military,"he said.
Christine Jorgensen never identified herself as a gay man. Rather, she thought of herself as a woman. After World War II, he quit his job in the army and started working in different schools. It was at this time that he began to investigate gender reassignment.
In the Titus documentary, Christine Jorgensen describes how she first came in contact with doctors in Copenhagen. One of them was Dr. Christian Hamburger. Jorgensen himself was of Danish descent. After contact, he went to the city to talk to the doctors.
Christine said: "An article was published in the newspaper highlighting what Dr. Hamburger was doing. I called him. He was a little nervous.Because a lot of people told him I was crazy to do something like that. But she didn't notice anything strange in me. I went to see her. She looked at me. She said, 'Oh, you don't look like a boy. She believes I'm a woman. She was the first doctor I met in Europe. She told me that. I realized that I got the right doctor."
But there were still many obstacles in front of them. Under Danish law, castrating someone was illegal. But Christine's psychiatrist, Jerg Stirup, examined her, saying that she was fit for surgery, and that he had found a way to change Danish law.
Tight Roots Hour said, "Stirup had another project. He wanted to castrate criminals. He thought one of the reasons they became criminals was because of their sexual desire. It opens the door to gender reassignment in Danish law. "
"Because there is a provision to castrate someone in an extreme situation. This permission also made it possible for Christine Jorgensen to undergo gender reassignment surgery," he said.
But there were still issues - how could such an operation be done safely and successfully?
Christine's physician, Jerg Stirup, or Hamburger, had no experience with this. But records found in the paperwork that even before that some doctors had tried to change gender through surgery.
The first gender reassignment surgery was performed in Berlin, Germany, in the 1920's and 1930's. But they did not succeed. A man named Lily Elba underwent several surgeries and died as a result. Although the procedure was not successful, Jorgensen's doctors received some guidance from them.
Over the course of a year, Jorgensen underwent various treatments at home and later underwent several major surgeries.
The Danish documentary writer describes it this way: "Today, just as the vaginal opening is made with a scrotum and the skin of the penis is inserted inside - we do not know for sure whether the same procedure was followed in Jogenson's case."
"We don't know if there was any other casting process. It was a matter of personal privacy and Christine Jorgensen avoided it when questioned later. But she and the doctors thought the operation was a success. We were really surprised to find no complications or side effects in his body later, "he said.
When news of the operation broke in Denmark, Tight says Jogenson did not have to face much adversity, despite the conservative culture in Denmark in the 1950s.
"It was such a wonderful event that people were stunned. There was no negative reaction at the time. Because the doctors who performed the operation were socially very high class. They were able to give him the best treatment and create an environment conducive to it.It was then said that it was valid and that the operation had been performed after much research. As a result, in the end, everything went well. "
After the operation was successful, many women from America contacted Christine Jorgensen's doctor, Hamburger. They were also interested in changing their gender.
In the 1980's, Christine announced that she wanted to return to the country, and her announcement caused a stir in the United States.
Christine said, "The whole world was blown away by the news of my gender reassignment. I told my parents - you can accept me or reject me - it's up to you. They accepted me. But some people treated me like an enemy. As if it's not mine, it's their problem. "
Christine gave an interview to the BBC in the 1970s about her romantic life. She was asked if she had any problems after becoming a woman.
In response, Christine said,"Men don't want to date not only because I'm a different kind of woman, I'm also a star. Marlina Dietrich mentioned it many times. It's a very embarrassing situation. Men think this woman is so popular that they can be rejected. That this woman would not have time for me. As a result, no one would make such an offer. "
Christine Jorgensen has never been married, even though she has been in love twice.
After returning to the United States, Kristen Jorgensen began living in California and became a Hollywood celebrity. He has written a book. He has acted in several films and on stage. He died of cancer in 1989. He was 62 years old.
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