Lili Elbe

Lili Ilse Elvenes (born Einar Magnus Andreas Wegener; 28 December 1882 – 13 September 1931), better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter and transgender woman. She was among the early recipients of sex reassignment surgery.Hirschfeld, Magnus. Chirurgische Eingriffe bei Anomalien des Sexuallebens: Therapie der Gegenwart, pp. 67, 451–455

Elbe died of cardiac arrest caused by a uterus transplant surgery at the age of 48.

On 28 December 2022, Google Doodle celebrated Lili Elbe's 140th birthday.Lili Elbe's 14oth birthday
Related pages
List of Danish painters

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