1982: Transgenders = Transsexuals, Christine Jorgensen

Appeal-Democrat, Tuesday, May 11, 1982, p. A-10 Associated Press Article, 1982 ‘Transgender’ FRESNO (AP)—Christine Jorgensen says her highly publicized sex change operation three decades age gave her the identity she needed to find “happiness and contentment.” Ms. Jorgensen, now 56, said in a speech to Fresno State University students Monday that she describes people who have had such operations’ “transgender” rather than transsexual. “Sexuality is who you sleep with, but gender is who you are,” she explained. The Laguna Beach resident said she has no doubt that changing from George Jorgensen Jr. to Christine Jorgensen was the right thing for her. “I’ve found a great deal of happiness and contentment,” she said. “Finally finding who I was and where I belong in the scheme of things helped.”

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