Original Pressbook on First Trans Gender Reassignment Surgery "The Christine Jorgensen Story

[LGBTQ] Christine Jorgensen. Original pressbook from the 1970 film "The Christine Jorgensen Story" starring Mark Hansen. Measures 12 x 15 inches. 4 pages uncut. Christine Jorgensen was the first American trans woman widely known for receiving sex reassignment surgery. In a letter to friends following her 1951 operation in Copenhagen, Jorgensen wrote, "Remember the shy, miserable person who left America? Well, that person is no more." Black and white images show Jorgensen as a man kissing a woman, visibly uncomfortable and later as a woman in bed with a man. Text reads "I couldn't live in a man's body" and "Could I ever love a man physically?" Though Jorgensen (truncated) planned for a quiet life all her own, a large crowd of journalists met her at the airport following her surgery and she became an instant celebrity. Jorgensen's charm and wit won the hearts of the American public in spite of its prejudice, and she used that favor to advocate tirelessly on behalf of the transgender community, pleading for empathy from an American public more inclined to judgment than curiosity. Very good condition. (Inventory #: 18133)