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A Danish court annulled the couple's marriage in October 1930, [35] and Elbe was able to have her sex and name legally changed, even receiving a passport as Lili Ilse Elvenes. [36] The name "Lili Elbe" was first used in print in a Danish newspaper article written by Copenhagen journalist Louise "Loulou" Lassen for Politiken in February 1931.
[78] [79] The scene in which Lili, dressed in men's clothes, is beaten by two men in Paris after being assumed to be a lesbian is fictional. [80] Lili's post-transition name was Lili Ilse Elvenes. The name "Lili Elbe", the only name used in the film, was made up by Copenhagen journalist Louise "Loulou" Lassen. [81]
Lili Elbe (then presenting as male and using her birth name) is happily married to her wife, Gerda Wegener. Lili was raised with her best friend Hans. Gerda was raised in California with her twin brother Carlisle. Gerda eventually moved to Denmark and first met Lili at the Royal Academy before unfortunately separating due to World War I.
Elbe, who also went by Lili Ilse Elvenes, was one of the first ever identifiable recipients of such a procedure in 1930. She was born Einar Wegener in 1882 and became a landscape painter.
In 1912, Wegener and her partner, Lili Elbe, moved to Paris, France. [2] In Paris, Wegener began to push the boundaries in her artwork by creating more provocative paintings of women engaged in sexual activities and seductive positions. [3] She often painted herself with Lili Elbe or Lili alone either portrayed as a man or a woman. [1]
The 42-year-old was nominated for an Oscar for his role in The Danish Girl, directed by Tom Hooper, as Lili Elbe, one of the first known trans people to have gender-affirming surgery.
Lili Elbe (1882–1931), Danish painter; she was a transgender and intersex woman, and one of the earliest transgender women to receive sex reassignment surgery. F [ edit ]
(The 2015 film The Danish Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne, was inspired by Elbe's life.) Lili Elbe (1886-1931) was the first known trans woman to undergo hormone therapy as part of a transition process.