These are cases personally known to me. However, according to Prof. Hirschfeld, sex changes were well known to the ancients. The "Hetaerae" of the Greeks were, according to the great sexologist, very feminine boys who, as they grew older, could not accept the duties and burdens of manhood, and were therefore changed into sexless beings, wearing the garb of the sex they most resembled.
In the 18th Century, we have the famous case of the "Chevaliere D'Eon", who, after having changed sex from the male to the female, became Ambassadress to the court of Katherine of Russia. And how many more were, and are there, of whom we know nothing?
One thing is quite certain, however. None of these persons, living or dead, were "heterosexual Transvestites". A complete resexation can be carried out only on those whose sex life, emotionally, is that of the sex they strive to be. Such is the case of the feminine homosexual male, whose desire is for the man. But if the psychiatrist, who is always consulted first, discovers that the person desiring the change
has normal or even only slightly normal sexual desires, he will not authorize an operation.
Mlle. Jorgenson has done a thing which, in my opinion, every so-called "intermediate" should. The only thing she should not have done is to advertise a very private matter, therefore ruining her chances to lead a satisfactory life in her new role. Whether Mlle. Jorgenson can have, or desire, a sex life, depends entirely upon the surgical skill of Prof. Hamberger, as well as upon her own emotions. The fact remains that plastic surgery has helped her to balance her life without appearing ridiculous in the eyes of the world. That alone should have been worth more to her than all the money she may have accumulated.
A special word of gratitude should be said for the so-understanding American Ambassadress in Copenhagen, who enabled her to have the name "Christine" legalized. All authorities should follow her example. I remember how hard it was for the German patients to make their government understand that they were no longer members of the male sex.
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