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Dorchen Richter (1891–1933) was the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender reassignment surgery.  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 testicles in 1922, followed in 1931 by removal of the penis and vaginoplasty. She is presumed to have died in a Nazi attack on the Institute.   Richter was born to a poor farming family in 1891, named Rudolph, and raised as male. Early in childhood, Richter displayed a "tendency to act and carry on in a feminine way". At the age of 6 years, she apparently tried to remove her penis with a tourniquet. Using the name Dora, she began wearing women's clothing and presenting as female, working under her birth name as a waiter in Berlin hotels during the busy summer season, then living as female the remainder of the year. She was arrested from ...

Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy (1931 - 2006) performer. Jacques Charles Dufresnoy was born in Paris, but his family moved to Marseilles when he was a teenager. He was given the name ‘Coccinelle (ladybird)’ when he wore a wore a red dress with black polka dots to a party. Jacques was discharged from the army conscription after six days because his presence caused disruption. He took to wearing female clothing to escape constant comments on how feminine he was. From 18-25 Coccinelle was kept by an important politician, whose name she always kept secret. She became a star at  Chez Madam Arthur,  where her mother sold flowers, and then  Le Carrousel de Paris  in the 1950s, where she worked with  Bambi  , with whom she shared a home, Toni April (the future  April Ashley ) and Peki d’Oslo (the future  Amanda Lear ). Word was put out that she was a real woman. Others said 'A woman as beautiful as Coccinelle can only be a man'. She took hormones fro...

Terri Rogers (1937 – 1999) ventriloquist, designer of magical tricks. Ivan Southgate was raised in  Ipswich . He worked as a supporting act in Music Hall in the 1950s, and was a highly proficient ventriloquist. He transitioned to Terri Rogers with surgery on the National Health Service in the early 1960s ++at Charing Cross Hospital. She was a highly respected designer of magical tricks for, among others,  David  Copperfield ,  Paul Daniels , and continued to perform as a ventriloquist. She was in the 1968 review,  Boys Will be Girls  at the  Theatre Royal Stratford East , and worked the UK cabaret circuit. Her career eventually took her to Las Vegas and US television. The one reflection that she had once been a man was that she gave her dummy, Shorty Harris, a deep male voice. Her husband was Val Andrews. She died after a series of strokes. *Not the artist. Terri Rogers and Martin Breese.  Secrets: The Original Magic of Terri Rogers . Londo...

Kimberli's Story   Kimberli Business Administrator. Kimberli transitioned when young. She is married and has adopted 4 children.   My name is Kimberli. I am many things, a mother, a wife of seven years and finally a transsexual woman. When I first thought about joining the ranks of the other women on this success page I couldn't imagine that I should be there. After all, I have spent the better part of fifteen years living in stealth mode and denying to myself that I was anything more than just a "normal" woman. After all, I am a mother and a wife and I didn't spend the huge amounts of money that I had spent to be on a page announcing that I am a proud transsexual! It wasn't until I met and began to talk to the author of this wonderful page, Lynn Conway, that I realized that not only did I want to be on the page but that I needed to be on the page. Joining the ranks of many of these women is hardly something one can sneeze at. The...

Maryam Khatoonpour Molkara (Persian: مریم خاتون ملک‌آرا‎; 1950 – 25 March 2012) was a campaigner for the rights of transsexuals in Iran. Designated male at birth, she was later instrumental in obtaining a letter which acted as a fatwa enabling sex reassignment surgery to exist as part of a legal framework. As early as 1975, Molkara wrote letters to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then in exile in Iraq, asking for religious advice about being assigned a wrong gender at birth and having to break out of it. In 1978, she traveled to Paris, where Khomeini was then based, to try to make him aware about transgender rights. After the Islamic Revolution, she was fired from her job at television, injected with male hormones against her will and detained in a psychiatric institution. Because of good contacts with religious leaders, among them Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, she was released. Molkara continued to campaign for being able to get sex reassignment surgery. She confronted Khomeini in his ho...

Andr�a's Story "Once upon a time, there was a little girl......Ooops..... boy" May I introduce myself, ANDR�A COLLIAUX, a french girl who was born in 1966 in Paris. I should rather say that Bruno was born in 1966 in Paris.  Andr�a was born the 12th of April 2001 in Brighton in the U.K! I've written a book " Carnet de bord d'un steward devenu h�tesse de l'air " -  Editions Michel Lafon  (�Diary of a steward who became a stewardess") in the year that I had my sex reassignment.  And I would like to explain to you the reason why I decided to do this kind of "coming out", writing a book, doing TV shows, posing for famous photographers - and participating in charity events such as the REACT exhibition in Paris this year, giving newspaper and magazine interviews, etc. Sex reassignment in France is a real mess!  France is far away from England, or the United States for example with transgender persons.  For...

Colette Berends (Netherlands) [ October 13, 1934 - April 23, 2012 ]   This page is dedicated to Colette Berends, and contain articles and stories about her remarkable life and wonderful art. The page is now being augmented, as we collect weblinks, articles and photographs that tell her story and show some of her artistry.   As a beautiful young entertainer in the Netherlands, Colette began her transition from MtF during her early twenties. For fifteen long years she worked in showbiz, working '"everywhere" in Europe and North-africa, "swallowing hormones and saving for operations". Colette completed her TS transition in 1971, undergoing SRS by Dr. Georges Burou in Casablanca, Morocco. She went on to further fame as an entertainer, and has travelled over much of the world. Later in life Colette became the owner-operator of a beauty salon in Zwolle in the Netherlands. Always a very creative person she also began her explorations in textile artistr...

This my Another Transgender Woman Movies Review The Christine Jorgensen Story is a 1970 American drama film and a fictionalized biographical film about trans woman named Christine Jorgensen. While the overall premise of the film is accurate, many of the details are fictionalized for the continuity of the film. It was directed by Irving Rapper and based on Christine Jorgensen's autobiography. A film based on the book was proposed in 1960. Edward Small bought the film rights in 1968. Jorgensen later claimed under the contract she would be entitled to 10% of the gross and 3.5% of the budget."Every female impersonator in the world came flying into Hollywood demanding he was Christine", said Jorgensen later. George/Christine is played by John Hansen.  Irving Rapper said Small gave him the job as director because it required someone who had sensitivity.  Reviews were mixed.   Photo of The Christine Jorgensen Story

Let Me Die A Woman is 1978  documentary on the work of sex-change specialist Dr.Leo Wollman, including interviews with Dr.Wollman and a few of his patients including  transgender  rights activist Deborah Hartin ,  with an illustrated lecture on the various aspects of transsexuality plus actual footage of a sex-change operation, which is what gives the film its notoriety.  Let Me Die A Woman is   produced by exploitation film auteur Doris Wishman.

The Woman Inside is a 1981 (but shot in 1978) drama film made by 20th Century Fox, and directed by Joseph Van Winkle who co-wrote screenplay with Steve Fisher (uncredited). This drama film portrays the actions of a tough Vietnam vet who wants to have a sex-change operation. Her aunt (Joan Blondell) struggles to understand why she would want do such a thing. The film was released after Blondell's death, ending a career spanning more than half a century. The son of Eddy Lawrence Manson now has released a new Project named after the film, The Woman Inside. Cast: Gloria Manon as Holly/Hollis Leo Köppen as Dr. Poeppen Dane Clark as Dr. Rosner Joan Blondell as Aunt Coll Michael Champion as Nolan Marlene Tracy as Dr. Paris Michael Mancini as Marco Luce Morgan as Maggie Terri Haven as Agnes The Photo of The Woman Inside.

I Want What I Want  is 1970 film  A surprisingly touching, respectful, and accurate fictional portrayal of the coming out of a transgender woman in England in the early 1970’s. This film avoids nearly all of the “transploitation” themes of most works up to the 2000’s and is a “must see” for anyone interested in a transgender “coming out” story from 44 years ago. Note: for the purpose of clarity in the review, male pronouns are used for the transgender character until she presents on screen as female. This film, based on a 1966 novel by Geoff Brown, is the portrayal of the coming out of a transgender woman named Wendy in England, focusing on her relationship with her family and her process of learning on her own how to live as a woman. The film begins with our protagonist, who is initially named Roy and presenting as a male, watching women on the street outside the estate agent’s office [US: realtor’s] where he works. Roy, played by Anne Heywood, presents are a very femin...

Post-OP Transgender Woman Vagina

Noemi di Roma aka Lara Grande aka Noemi Blonde

Odette is a Ladyboy