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Trans history changes in 1952
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Trans history changes in 1952, when Christine Jorgensen becomes a global media celebrity

Trans history changes in 1952, when Christine Jorgensen becomes a global media celebrity

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Trans history changes in 1952,
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when Christine Jorgensen
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becomes a global media celebrity.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:48
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Bow + Arrow Entertainment,Field of Vision,Fork Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,California Humanites,Independent Film Producers (IFP)

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An in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture.
She was not the first trans person, - Disclosure 00:12
She was not the first trans person,
This was the image of transgender for a generation of people. - Disclosure 00:05
This was the image of transgender for a generation of people...
She set the ways in which the conversation around trans identity was being had. - Disclosure 00:07
She set the ways in which the conversation around trans iden...
How do you explain an article that appeared in New West magazine - Disclosure 00:11
How do you explain an article that appeared in New West maga...
Would feel the phantom penis coming back - Disclosure 00:14
Would feel the phantom penis coming back
Well, there's your answer. You just used the word counseling. - Disclosure 00:04
Well, there's your answer. You just used the word couns...
We have, and it's a demand, gender identity clinics. - Disclosure 00:05
We have, and it's a demand, gender identity clinics.
- It's done after all the other things. - To those who have it, possibly. - Disclosure 00:04
- It's done after all the other things. - To those who ...
But to those who do not, that's the word that comes through in the papers. - Disclosure 00:05
But to those who do not, that's the word that comes thr...
This focus on surgery - Disclosure 00:07
This focus on surgery
What's going on here, and what's going on... - Disclosure 00:04
What's going on here, and what's going on...
The skin of the penis is used to create what appears to be a vagina. - Disclosure 00:05
The skin of the penis is used to create what appears to be a...
What'd you look like? How'd your family take it? Who do you have sex with?" - Disclosure 00:06
What'd you look like? How'd your family take it? W...
You make comments, you make questions. Now we have the right to ask you. - Disclosure 00:04
You make comments, you make questions. Now we have the right...
"She's really a man." - Disclosure 00:08
"She's really a man."
Step right up. Poke, poke. Everyone, five dollars. - Disclosure 00:05
Step right up. Poke, poke. Everyone, five dollars.
And know that there was something inside of me - Disclosure 00:07
And know that there was something inside of me
- ready to just dive into bed. - No, no, I'm not saying that, but... - Disclosure 00:04
- ready to just dive into bed. - No, no, I'm not saying...
There's this episode of the Gary Collins show - Disclosure 00:08
There's this episode of the Gary Collins show
And he's trying to be very delicate with the interview, - Disclosure 00:10
And he's trying to be very delicate with the interview,