Digital Transgender Archive

This collection features materials related to Christine Jorgensen a white trans woman who was the first person in the United States to become publicly known for receiving gender realignment surgery. The collection includes newspaper clippings, one video, and photographs created between the 1950s and the early 1980s. Including both press coverage and candid photographs, the collection depicts Jorgensen's public life as well as her personal life.


The following institutions have contributed to this collection:

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