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Christine Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography
Christine Jorgensen A Personal Autobiography Author:Christine Jorgensen, Susan Stryker On December 1, 1952, readers of the New York Daily News were greeted with a banner headline: EX-GI BECOMES BLONDE BEAUTY: OPERATIONS TRANSFORM BRONX YOUTH. In the ensuing 18 months, more than half a million words about Christine Jorgensen rolled off the world's presses. In her own personable style, Jorgensen offers an intimate account of her gro... more »undbreaking life as the first world-renowned transsexual. "Nature made a mistake," she writes, "which I have corrected." An entertainer who played clubs from Las Vegas to Havana, Jorgensen was both "banned" in Boston and named "Woman of the Year" in New York City. She hobnobbed with many of the celebrities of the day, including Judy Garland, Tennessee Williams, Natalie Wood, and Truman Capote.« less