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Dawn Langley Pepita Simmons (16 October 1922 – 18 September 2000) was an English author and biographer. Born as Gordon Langley Hall, Simmons lived her first decades as a male.
Sep 24, 2000 · Dawn Langley Simmons, an author whose tumultuous life included a sex change operation and an interracial marriage that scandalized her adopted hometown, Charleston, S.C., died on...
Dawn Langley Simmons challenged social norms at a time when Americans were demanding greater civil liberties in the 1960s and 1970s. One of the first individuals to receive sex-reassignment surgery in the United States, Simmons was also well-known in Charleston society for her marriage to John Paul Simmons.
Sep 27, 2016 · The relationship between famous character actor Dame Margaret Rutherford and transwoman author Dawn Langley Simmons was undoubtedly an alliance of eccentrics, formed in 1960 and developed outside...
May 27, 2021 · Dawn Langley Simmons’ place in trans history is difficult to assess. Her first autobiography, Man into Woman (1970), opens with the following “tease,” prior even to the title page. HE . . . Gordon Langley Hall.
Sep 25, 2000 · Last week, writer Dawn Langley Simmons died. She was the author of over 20 books, including novels, biographies, and children's books. But perhaps her most remarkable creation was her identity.
Dawn Langley Simmons (1937-2000), was a British author. She started her career editing newspaper society columns and went on to become a prolific biographer and the author of Man Into Women: A Transsexual Autobiography (1971).
