transsexuality: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	transexualism

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Christine Jorgensen smiles at the camera, wearing a short-sleeved dress, pearl necklace, earrings, and bracelet, with short, styled hair.

Christine Jorgensen

American entertainer and author

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Harry Benjamin

American endocrinologist and sexologist