Flashback: Trans Pioneer Christine Jorgensen
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Flashback: Trans Pioneer Christine Jorgensen
In 1952, Christine Jorgensen became the first American to publicly announce her sex reassignment surgery. In honor of LGBTQ History Month, NBC OUT looks back at her story.
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