Christine Jorgensen, waves to photographers, upon
Christine Jorgensen, waves to photographers, upon her arrival at Idlewild from Denmark. Feb. 12, 1953. New York Daily News obtained a hand-delivered private letter sent by Jorgensen to her parents and ran the headline, EX-GI BECOMES BLONDE BEAUTY: OPERATIONS TRANSFORM BRONX YOUTH. After two years of transforming medical treatment for gender reassignment, she was thrust into the life of a sensational sexual celebrity. - (CSU_2015_5_167)
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Everett Collection
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