British Pathé has just dropped a huge trove of classic newsreels onto Youtube. One video is of American military veteran and Bronx native Christine Jorgensen (née George Jorgensen), who became, in 1952, world famous for having changed genders with the use of hormone-replacement therapy. Thankfully, she was a quick-witted, confident person who could survive the attention. The Pathé video and a couple others from later in her “second” life.

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