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Karl M. Baer (20 May 1885 – 26 June 1956) was a German-Israeli author, social worker, reformer, suffragist and Zionist. Born intersex and assigned female at birth, he came out as a trans man in 1904 at the age of 19. [1] In December 1906, he became the first transgender person to undergo sex reassignment surgery, [1] and he became one of the ...
Dec 11, 2022 · – Karl M. Baer. Content note for Holocaust, mentions of sexual harassment, suicide, trafficking. As the first man to undergo modern gender affirmation surgery, Karl M. Baer’s name is a familiar one in the story of queer history.
Dec 5, 2015 · Haaretz | Israel News. Recalling the First Sex Change Operation in History: A German-Israeli Insurance Salesman. The long-forgotten story of a German Jew who was born as Martha and escaped the Nazis as Karl, rediscovered by a Tel Aviv University student. Karl M. Baer, who underwent a female-to-male sex-change operation in Germany in 1906.
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Oct 10, 2022 · James Baldwin: America’s Tortured, Gay & Black Author. Karl M. Baer was the first known person to undergo the first known FTM sex-reassignment surgery. Born in 1885 Germany, he was a feminist activist, transitioned in 1906, legally change his sex and marry.
Apr 8, 2023 · Among the monumental, and little known, artifacts of trans history on display is Karl M. Baer’s Aus eines Mannes Mädchenjahren (Memoirs of a Man’s Maiden Years), published in 1907 under the pseudonym N.O. Body. Baer was the first person known to have undergone sex transition therapy and surgery.
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Jun 23, 2021 · Karl M. Baer First person to surgically transition. Born in 1885 to a Jewish family in Arolsen, Germany, Baer was assigned female at birth, though the midwife told his father the baby’s body had ...
Jun 21, 2023 · Topics. Queer history, queer, trans, transgender, jewish, biographies, memoirs, N.O. Body, Karl M Baer, accessible. Collection. opensource. Language. English. 116 year old memoirs of a Jewish, intersex, trans man born in 1884 (he would be 134 years old as of this posting), and first published his memoirs in 1907.
