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Bookmark or Share- Lili Elbe - WikipediaLili 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 gender-affirming surgery (then called sex reassignment surgery).
- 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, The Dutch Painter Who Became A Transgender PioneerA successful painter who lived in Paris, Einar Wegener would undergo groundbreaking gender-affirming surgeries and live as Lili Elbe before dying in 1931. Einar Wegener didn’t know how unhappy he was in his own skin until he met Lili Elbe.
- 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.
- Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener Through Their Art - DailyArt MagazineThe Danish landscape artist Lili Elvenes (1882-1931), born Einar Wegener and better known as Lili Elbe, and her spouse, the Art Deco portrait artist Gerda Wegener (1886-1940), born Gerda Gottlieb, are two of the most well-known individuals in LGBTQ+ history.
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