Lili : a portrait of the first sex change / edited by Niels Hoyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoyer, Niels, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex change--Fiction.

Sex change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bucks, England : Canelo, 2015.

Summary:

The autobiography of the first known recipient of gender-affirming surgery, a story adapted into the feature film The Danish Girl. An inspirational and moving account of the transformation of the painter Einar Wegener into Lili Elbe, compiled from Lili's own letters and manuscripts. Lili Elbe was, in 1931, the first transsexual to receive a male-to female sex change. This remarkable book-a sensation when first published over eighty years ago-shows Lili as a trans pioneer who took extraordinary risks to discover and liberate her true identity. It is also a tale of marriage, of love and romance, that provides a fascinating insight to the bohemian society of the 1930s. Lili: A Portrait of the First Sex Change is told through original documents, her personal correspondence, and with contributions from those who loved her most. Available in English as an ebook for the first time, it remains a pertinent and powerful work, acting as a monument to an iconic struggle, and a celebration of her bold and profoundly human journey.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Title Page

Foreword

Introduction

Editor's Note

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Dusk

Copyright.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 16, 2016).

ISBN:

9781910859261

1910859265