Her gender conversion began with hormone injections in 1950. On her return to the U.S. in 1955, she was sensationalized in the tabloids.
From 1989: Christine Jorgensen, 62, Is Dead; Was First to Have a Sex Change
Her gender conversion began with hormone injections in 1950. On her return to the U.S. in 1955, she was sensationalized in the tabloids.