Christine Jorgensen: Christine Jorgensen. Writer: The Christine Jorgensen Story. Christine Jorgensen was an actress, nightclub entertainer, and the first transgender person to be widely publicized in America. On December 1, 1952, her transition was the subject of a front-page story in the New York Daily News and she became a celebrity overnight.
Christine sold the exclusive rights of her story to William Randolph Hearst's The American Weekly, which published her five-part series, "The...
