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Thomas(ine) Hall was the first documented case of someone in the Transgender community. They never underwent surgery, but they were intersex, and this was something very controversial at the time. -
Christine Jorgensen, the first publicly known person in the US to undergo sex reassignment surgery, was born. -
Jorgensen was drafted into the Army during World War ll, serving as a military clerical worker. Through this is how she found out about sex reassignment surgery. -
Jorgensen obtained special permission to undergo a selection of operations based off of sex reassignment in Copenhagen, Denmark. -
Jorgensen pursued a photography career, attending several schools and finding out about sex reassignment surgery this way. -
Jorgensen returned back to America in the early 1950's after her operation, and she became instantly popular because of her experience. -
Jorgensen lectured on her experience being transgender with her own autobiography published in 1967. -
Jorgensen returned to Copenhagen to perform a show and even being featured in Teit Ritzau's Danish's documentary, "Paradise Is Not For Sale" -
Jorgensen suffered from bladder and lung cancer and died at age 62. -
KC Johnson is a native of North Carolina, and her birthdate is sometime in 1996(?) Calculating her death date to how old she was. -
Johnson was declared missing a day before finding out that she was murdered. -
KC Johnson's body was found on this date, later discovered to be from transphobic reasons.