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Story summary
- Christine Jorgensen, a former Army private from the Bronx, died of cancer at 62 in San Clemente, California.
- Born George Jorgensen Jr. on May 20, 1926, she underwent surgery and hormone treatments in Denmark in 1952 to transition.
- After her honorable discharge from the Army, she pursued a sex change operation.
- Her story is being republished for Women’s History Month to highlight her significant impact on transgender visibility.
