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First Successful Sex Change

Duration:
10 minutes
First broadcast:
Friday 30 November 2012

It is 60 years since newspapers in the US announced the successful operation of Christine Jorgensen. Once a soldier called George, she transformed herself into a woman and a glamorous Hollywood star.

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