Fan CastingI Enjoy Being a Girl: The Christine Jorgensen Story
Christine Jorgensen Biopic
by Real Life
Story added by sofly on January 6, 2019
Christine Jorgensen (born May 30, 1926, New York, New York, U.S.—died May 3, 1989, San Clemente, California), captured international headlines in the early 1950s as the first person in the United States to undergo a successful gender-reassignment operation.
From an early age, Jorgensen was tormented by feelings of being a woman trapped inside a man’s body. Jorgensen served in the U.S. Army (1945–46), moved to Denmark, and worked at various jobs. After being treated with extensive psychotherapy and a series of hormone injections, Jorgensen underwent several surgical operations and, with the announcement of her transformation in 1952, bec...read more
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