Learn More About Transgender Icons From Throughout History

Published on November 16, 2022
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Christine Jorgensen

Christine Jorgensen is considered to be the first person to have undergone gender reassignment surgery. She traveled to Denmark for the procedure, which at the time was the only country where these surgeries were performed. After she returned to New York, she landed on the front page of New York Daily News and became an instant celebrity, later working as an actress and singer.

Christine Jorgensen

Christine Jorgensen

Alexandra Billings

In Transparent, Alexandra Billings played the role of Davina, the second character on a TV show that is openly trans. Billings also appeared in Romy and Michelle: In The Beginning, How To Get Away With Murder, ER, and Grey’s Anatomy. In 2016, she received the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award. dont

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Alexandra Billings

Alexandra Billings