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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). [ 1][ 2]
Jun 27, 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...
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).
May 14, 2023 · Born Einar Wegener, Lili Elbe underwent one of history's first gender-affirming surgeries in 1930, an experience that would inspire the film "The Danish Girl."
Nov 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.
Nov 24, 2015 · The true story behind The Danish Girl confirms that Einar Wegener's transformation into Lili Elbe ultimately led to her death. She died from paralysis of the heart due to organ rejection roughly three months after undertaking her fifth and final sex-change operation in June 1931.
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.
Lili Elbe was a Danish artist and transgender woman, one of the first people to receive sex reassignment surgery. View Lili Elbe’s artworks on artnet. Learn about the artist and find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
The Lili Elbe Digital Archive is a companion to Man into Woman: A Comparative Scholarly Edition (Bloomsbury 2020), a thoroughly annotated version of the American first edition with an extensive introduction and six new essays on this narrative.
