Word: jorgensen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Decked out in a decorous black tailored suit with lace cuffs, Christine (né George) Jorgensen, a year after the news broke of the "sex conversion" in Copenhagen, let the world in on two secrets hitherto kept under wraps. The Jorgensen measurements (made by Christine's own tape): height, 5 ft. 6½ in.; weight, 115 Ibs.; bust, 34 in.; waist, 25 in.; hips, 36 in. Christine's favorite man: Sexpert Dr. Alfred C. (Sexual Behavior in the Human Female) Kinsey. Said Christine: "He proved that a lot of things that we think abnormal are really very normal...
...Vegas, appearing at the Sahara Hotel for $12,500 a week, Christine (ne George) Jorgensen, 27, showed off an engagement ring received from a Washington, D.C. suitor who also sends yellow roses every day. The suitor: willowy (6 ft. 3 in.) Artist Patrick Flanigan, 26, now married but planning a divorce. Flanigan, who painted his way into Christine's affections during 60 hours of portrait sittings, was like any young man in love. "We're just two people trying to find peace and happiness," said he. "She [Christine] is beautiful-and a lady...
Christine (ne George) Jorgensen signed a contract with Mercury Records, Inc. to sing six ditties for popular release. Among the tunes: There'll Be Some Changes Made, She's Funny That...
Christine Jorgensen, making the rounds as a nightclub entertainer, had a confidential word to say in Atlantic City: "When I get married it will be in Europe. An American man would think it a reflection on his masculinity to marry me. Europeans don't care about their masculinity...
Christine Jorgensen arrived in Chicago from Bloomington, Ind. and announced: "I gave Dr. Kinsey a full report-the same as millions of other women have done." Zoologist Alfred C. Kinsey, whose Institute for Sex Research has taken 7,800 case histories of women, did not say whether he had put Transvestite Jorgensen's data in his male or female file. Instead, exhausted from laboring on his forthcoming book, Dr. Kinsey went into a hospital for a short rest and checkup...