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Lili Elbe
Danish painter and transgender woman (1882–1931)
For the opera, see Lili Elbe (opera).
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| Born | (1882-12-28)28 December 1882 Vejle, Denmark |
| Died | 13 September 1931(1931-09-13) (aged 48) Dresden, Weimar Republic |
| Other names | Lili Ilse Elvenes (legal name) |
| Spouse | Gerda Wegener (m. 1904; annul. 1930) |
Lili Ilse Elvenes (28 December 1882 – 13 September 1931), better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, transgender woman, and one of the earliest recipients of gender-affirming surgery (then called sex reassignment surgery).[1][2]
She was a painter under her birth name Einar Wegener.
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After transitioning in 1930, she changed her legal name to Lili Ilse Elvenes, stopped painting,[4] and later adopted the surname Elbe. She was the first known recipient of a uterus transplant in an attempt to achieve pregnancy, but die Man into woman : the first sex change, a portrait of Lili ... JOM