Lili Elbe: References & Edit History

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  • Naomi Blumberg
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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: The Telegraph - The tragic true story behind The Danish Girl. Jul 16, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 24, 2025
Anniversary information added. Sep 09, 2025
Add new Web site: Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld - Lili Elbe. May 21, 2025
Add new Web site: Illustrated Women in History - Lili Elbe. Mar 29, 2025
Add new Web site: The Telegraph - The tragic true story behind The Danish Girl. Jun 27, 2024
First paragraph modernization. May 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - The trans woman as model and co-creator. Resistance and becoming in the back-turning Lili Elbe. Nov 17, 2023
Article revised and updated. Apr 08, 2021
Changed the statement “suffered from what is now called gender dysphoria” to “experienced what is now called gender dysphoria” and noted her work was shown in Paris in 1924. Mar 17, 2021
Add new Web site: LGBT History Month - Biography of Lili Elbe. Dec 27, 2018
Add new Web site: The MY HERO Project - Biography of Lili Elbe. Dec 27, 2018
Add new Web site: The Legacy Project - Lili Elbe. Dec 27, 2018
New article added. Aug 14, 2015
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