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Bookmark or Share- Lili Elbe - ArtnetLili 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.
- What Actually Happened to “The Danish Girl” and Her WifeDavid 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).
- Lili Elbe | Biography, Wife, Art, Surgeries, & Facts | BritannicaLili 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.
- Biography of Lili Elbe, Pioneering Transgender Woman - ThoughtCoLili 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.
- Artist Profile: Lili Elbe - Swann Galleries NewsLili Elbe was a Danish painter, trans woman, and one of the earliest recipients of gender-affirming surgery in 1930. The child of Ane Marie Thomsen and spice merchant Mogens Wilhelm Wegener, Elbe was born in Velje, Denmark, in 1882.
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