Christine Jorgensen was one of the first people to undergo Sexual Reassignment Surgery in the 1950's. She became a media sensation, but get this: people loved her! She used her fame to forward the rights of transgendered people.
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Christine Jorgensen was one of the first people to undergo Sexual Reassignment Surgery in the 1950's. She became a media sensation, but get this: people loved her! She used her fame to forward the rights of transgendered people.
Bayard Rustin was a leader in the black civil rights movement. Openly gay his whole life, he faced blackmail and intimidation, but still counseled Martin Luther King Jr. on non-violence and organized the historic 1963 March on Washington.
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The Queer History Podcast
Christine Jorgensen was one of the first people to undergo Sexual Reassignment Surgery in the 1950's. She became a media sensation, but get this: people loved her! She used her fame to forward the rights of transgendered people.
