Christine Jorgensen arriving at Idlewild airport(1952)

[melirose89]

wow she was really beautiful :) stories like these imo should be more well known

[exeuroweenie]

She and Candy Darling were awesome.My parents are Danish born,last name's JorgensenThough I'm happy with my "plumbing" and the closest I came to a dress was a bathrobe,I still wonder if we're related.

[cinzsweet]

I like her. In everything I have ever seen or read about her, she was always dignified, brave, funny, sassy, clever, and always a lady. Great wit, and always in control! I remember reading her autobio before I had my surgery. It gave me courage knowing that what she had gone through had been much more difficult, complicated, dangerous, and risky, yet she had made it through it all okay. And she did so with her head held high. She never let the media abuse her, instead using it to her advantage.

[dancewomyn]

What a dignified, elegant, intelligent woman...I think all mtf's should see this and listen to the interview with Nipsey Russell...AMAZING COURAGE SHE HAD!

[64098]

I'm reading her 1967 autobiography, it is fascinating. She rose far above all her detractors. A truly classy woman!

[hawaiixiatzu]

greaaat !

[ekocentric]

I remember reading about Christine and as usual find her and other pioneers in history amazing and brave.

She especially handled herself with grace and poise in spite of the curious (and sometimes bumbling) press.

.....I wonder what kept them from eating her up alive?

[Nightsurf59]

Ever seen her astrological chart?. Her transition was meant to be....I think many people felt uneasy about it but nevertheless accepted her because she offered no insult and deep down they somehow felt the rightness (new word, lol) of it.

[ekocentric]

I remember when she died, but do you know what happened to her after the surgery? It was as if she had fallen off the face of the earth.

[dandytrans]

she's beautiful and and very dignified

i love this story of pioneer TS women.

[ekocentric]

I agree....I like the way that she gave the reporters the brushoff saying: "I appreciate you for coming but I think that it is a bit too much." lol

[blondex21]

Did anyone notice she sounds just like Bette Davis ?

[TimothySEnglish]

I was thinking Rosalind Russell, but Bette would be my second....

[sfbaygirl]

Beautiful, and very dignified and well spoken.

[sierraTS]

She's awesome , a true pioneer women !!!!!

[melindawarren1]

She still looks like a man here, later she really looks like a woman.

[Weirfan69]

She turned out beautiful though, which is the irony of it all. Very elegant too.

[yessir179]

Edward D. Wood, Jr.'s "Glen or Glenda?" is based on her (and it SUCKS!).

[TheDragonGuy]

thank you for posting this. she was so brave and graceful despite all the media hype about her personal life

[TheDragonGuy]

thank you for posting this. she was such a brave and graceful woman despite all the hype the media made about her personal life

[james3d]

Great historic clip of a sometimes almost forgotten and very pivotal figure of the sexual revolution.