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Lili Elbe
Danish painter and transgender woman (–)
For the opera, see Lili Elbe (opera).
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| Born | ()28 December Vejle, Denmark |
| Died | 13 September () (aged&#;48) Dresden, Weimar Republic |
| Other&#;names | Lili Ilse Elvenes (legal name) |
| Spouse | Gerda Wegener &#; &#; (m.&#;; annul.&#;)&#; |
Lili Ilse Elvenes (28 December – 13 September ), better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, transgender woman, and one of the earliest recipients of gender-affirming surgery (then called sex reassignment surgery).[1][2]
She was a painter under her birth name Einar Wegener.
After transitioning in , she changed her legal name to Lili Ilse Elvenes, stopped painting,[4] and later adopted the surname Elbe. She was the first known recipient of a uterus transplant in an attempt to achieve pregnancy, but died due to the subsequent complications.[5][6][7][8&