The real life of Lili Elbe - The world's first transgender

Wishing to be himself, the famous painter Einar Wegener made a risky decision to conduct the world's first transgender surgery.

After many days of waiting, the movie "The Danish Girl" has made its public debut. Based on the true story of the life of painter Lili Elbe - who performed the world's first sex surgery , the film took viewers on a long, adventurous, adventurous journey but also flooded. overflowing with poetry.

Create Lili Elbe's picture in the Danish Girl movie.

Those who thought that the artist had found himself to be able to live a full life but unfortunately, Lili suffered a tragic outcome for his desire to be a mother and a woman.

A peaceful, picturesque life .

Before becoming Lili Elbe (1882 - 1931) - Einar Mogens Wegener - Lili's real name as a male was known as a successful artist, receiving many prestigious awards from Denmark and France.

Einar Mogens Wegener was in a male form.

Born in Denmark, Einar grew up and studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Here, Einar met his colleague Gerda Gottlieb (1886 - 1940). Apparently, they were struck by love and decided to marry in 1904 when Einar was 22 and Gottlieb was 19.

After the marriage, the couple continued to paint, Einar specialized in landscape painting and Gottlieb was in charge of drawing illustrations for fashion books and magazines.

Picture of Einar's wife - Gerda Gottlieb.

With his talent, painter Einar Wegener won the Neuhausens Prize of Denmark in 1907 and once succeeded in an exhibition of paintings at Kunstnernes Efteraarsudstilling (Artists' Gallery), Vejle Art Museum and in Saloon & Salon d'Automme in Paris.

. and discovered that changed the rest of the life .

The couple's life seemed to be like that forever, but on one occasion, Gerda offered thanks to Einar's husband to wear socks and high heels to paint when her model model was busy.

Gerda did not expect that, it was the same time that the fake woman had elicited real instincts in Einar's people.

After that time, Einar felt more confident and comfortable in women's clothes. Einar's dresses, socks, high heels . always had a strange attraction to Einar.

Gradually, Einar Wegener found his true gender and revealed it more clearly. It seemed that at this time, Einar could no longer control himself, in Einar's person who was now almost completely Lili Elbe - the stage name Einar had given him.

Einar felt more confident and comfortable in female costumes.

Man into Woman: The First Sex Change, translated by her best friend - ELH Jacobson through Niels Hoyer's notes, shows her thoughts. Lili. Accordingly, Lili expressed that she liked the soft feeling of women's clothes, and felt extremely close to them from the first moment.

From husband and wife . now become sisters

Every day passed, Lili grew bigger and bigger in Einar. Lili started wearing women's clothes whenever Gerda was absent.

Although he knew Gerda was suffering, Einar could not resist his thoughts to become a true husband of Gerda.

Thanks to Lili paintings, Gerda gradually became famous in the painting world.

Still, thanks to Lili's pictures - a haunting and glamorous almond girl, wearing a luxurious outfit that Gerda gradually became famous in the painting world.

Both went to Italy, France, but eventually chose Paris to live, since 1912. Einar was able to live true to his gender, when comfortably dressed in a feminine and walking dress. walk all over Paris.

Lili paintings become more and more attractive.

The paintings of Lili became more and more attractive but until 1913, no one knew that the woman in the haunting picture for many people was her husband.

During the period from the 1920s and 1930s, Einar Wegener frequently appeared in the appearance of a woman.

At this time, only some of Einar's closest friends knew Lili was Einar. Because Gerda was often introduced to Lili as Einar's younger sister every time he wore women's clothing.

. lost his life because he wanted to have a baby

Einar noticed that women's instincts grew stronger and stronger in their bodies. Einar tormented and felt frustrated, considering himself a woman "imprisoned" in male form, so he decided to change his appearance.

In 1930, Einar Wegener went to Berlin (Germany), met a sex psychologist - German sexologist - Magnus Hirschfeld to perform a transgender surgery.

Einar images before and after sex change surgery.

At the time of the 1930s, this was an extremely new and dangerous story because no one had dared to brave the operation.

During the period of 1930-1931, Lili underwent 4 surgeries to become a woman, under the supervision of Magnus Hirschfeld.

In the first surgery, the doctors removed Einar's testicles. By the second surgery, they removed the penis and ovarian transplant was taken from a 26-year-old woman.

After the first transgender surgery, Einar Wegener officially changed its name to Lili Elbe.

However, the ovaries were soon removed in the third and fourth surgeries due to the elimination of the body leading to serious complications.

The transgender surgery of Einar Wegener was then a hot topic, causing fever on newspapers in Denmark and Germany.After the first transgender surgery , Einar Wegener officially changed its name to Lili Elbe.

According to Lili's wish, Gerda asked the Danish King to cancel their marriage. She said that this marriage has held her for too long. The Danish king himself canceled the marriage of Einar Wegener and Gerda in October 1930.

From here, Lili Elbe stopped painting because she thought this job was related to her previous identity. After parting with Gerda, Lili Elbe accepted a marriage proposal from a man and began a new life.

Lili continued the 5th surgery with the desire to be a mother.

But Lili's desire did not stop at returning to the true sex. She also wants to have children. As a result, Lili accepted the risk of having a uterine transplant surgery in 1931. But due to complications, Lili died just two days after surgery, before her 50th birthday.

As for Gerda, she was married to an Italian military officer, pilot and diplomat - Major Fernando Porta and moved to Morocco to live.

Here, Gerda learned about the death of ex-husband Einar Wegener. After a few years of living, Gerda divorced her husband and returned to Denmark, then died in 1940.