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Christine Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography (Paperback)
by Christine Jorgensen (Author)
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  • Paperback: 340 pages
  • Publisher: Cleis Press; New Ed edition (1 April 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1573441007
  • ISBN-13: 978-1573441001
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
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An intimate memoir of the world's first publicised sex-change operation. In her down-to-earth style, Christine Jorgensen, formerly George, offers a first-hand account of her life as a long-suffering, sexually confused youth that chose to end his unhappiness by becoming a woman.

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4.0 out of 5 stars THE WORLD"S FIRST FAMOUS TRANSSEXUAL..., 5 Nov 2002
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This is a must read book for those interested in gender identity issues, as well as for those who enjoy memoirs. Ms. Jorgensen was the first American to have a sex change operation and undergo such public scrutiny. Though she never intended to have her transformation become public knowledge, it was leaked to the press, and from then on, her life was never the same. In the cultural milieu of the nineteen fifties, Ms. Jorgensen's sex change was big news.

Starting her life out as George Jorgensen, she never quite felt that she fit in and became a loner by inclination. One striking issue in the book, however, is that she came from an extremely loving and supportive family who always unconditionally accepted her as she was, both before and after her metamorphosis. Not every transgendered individual is as lucky as Ms. Jorgensen appears to have been with respect to familial relationships. Perhaps it was because her parents were of Danish descent, and Scandinavian people may tend to be more accepting of these issues.

Relentlessly upbeat, the book is a flattering and politely idealized memoir, as if anything too dark were exorcised from