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Lili Ilse Elvenes (28 December 1882 – 13 September 1931), better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, transgender woman, and one of the earliest recipients of sex reassignment surgery (gender-affirming surgery). She was a painter under her birth name Einar Wegener.
- Lili Ilse Elvenes, (legal name)
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- Einar Wegener, 28 December 1882, Vejle, Denmark
May 8, 2024 · Lili Elbe (born December 28, 1882, Vejle, Denmark—died September 13, 1931, Dresden, Germany) was a Danish painter who was assigned male at birth, experienced what is now called gender dysphoria, and underwent the world’s first documented sex reassignment surgery.
Sep 8, 2015 · Find out more about Danish painter Lili Elbe, who was among one of the first-ever documented sex reassignment surgery recipients and whose life was the subject of the 2015 film 'The Danish Girl...
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Nov 21, 2020 · By. Bill Lamb. Updated on November 21, 2020. Lili Elbe (December 28, 1882– September 13, 1931) was a pioneering transgender woman. She experienced what is now known as gender dysphoria and was one of the first individuals known to receive sex reassignment surgery. She was also a successful painter.
May 14, 2023 · The Real Danish Girl: Lili Elbe’s Tragic Life As A Transgender Pioneer. By Katie Serena. Published May 14, 2023. Updated June 12, 2023. A successful painter who lived in Paris, Einar Wegener would undergo groundbreaking gender-affirming surgeries and live as Lili Elbe before dying in 1931.
Lili Elbe, Paris, 1926. Welcome to the Lili Elbe Digital Archive. The Lili Elbe Digital Archive went public on July 6, 2019, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute for Sexual Science ( Institut für Sexualwissenschaft) where Lili Elbe as Einar Wegener was initially examined in March 1930.
Nov 18, 2023 · David Ebershoff’s novel, The Danish Girl, published in 2000, may make an entertaining read, but its historic accuracy has been as hotly debated as the gender politics surrounding the real-life case of Lili Elbe (1882–1931). Elbe, a Danish-born transgender woman, famously surrendered both her happy marriage and her successful artistic career ...
