Lili Elbe

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Lili Elbe was a Danish transgender woman and pioneering recipient of early gender confirmation surgeries, whose life and transition inspired the novel and film "The Danish Girl."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf person
pioneer of gender confirmation surgery
transgender woman
birthDate 1882-12-28
birthPlace Denmark
Vejle
causeOfDeath complications from surgery
countryOfCitizenship Denmark
deathDate 1931-09-13
deathPlace Dresden
Germany
era early 20th century
familyName Elbe
fieldOfWork art
genderIdentity woman
givenName Lilli
surface form: Lili
hasGenre LGBT history
hasReference Danish civil records
contemporary newspaper reports
influenced public awareness of transgender people
inspiredWork Man into Woman
The Danish Girl
surface form: The Danish Girl (film)

The Danish Girl
surface form: The Danish Girl (novel)
languageOfWorkOrName Danish
legalGenderRecognition 1930
marriageEnd 1930
marriageStart 1904
nameAtBirth Einar Magnus Andreas Wegener
nationality Danish
notableEvent public revelation of transition in 1930
notableFor being one of the first known recipients of gender confirmation surgery
early transgender history
occupation painter
partOf history of transgender medicine
performedBy Magnus Hirschfeld-associated physicians
portrayedBy Eddie Redmayne
residence Copenhagen
Paris
sexualOrientation attracted to men
spouse Gerda Wegener
spouseOccupation illustrator
painter
subjectOf Man into Woman
surgeryLocation Dresden
underwentProcedure orchiectomy
ovary transplant
penectomy
uterus transplant
vaginoplasty

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The Danish Girl mainSubject Lili Elbe
The Danish Girl character Lili Elbe
Eddie Redmayne portrayed Lili Elbe
Gerda Wegener spouse Lili Elbe
Hans Axgil supportsCharacter Lili Elbe
Hans Axgil relatedToCharacter Lili Elbe