Christine Jorgensen was the first widely known transwoman in America, she was called “the most famous woman in America”. She was an ex GI in the Army and in 1952 she went to Denmark and had sex-reassignment surgery and began taking hormones. She transitioned from male to female and returned to the United States in 1953 and became a celebrity who educated the public about transgender and transsexual people.

This 2.45 min interview with her is fabulous, she answers the talk show hosts questions with such grace, poise and education. This is an excellent 30 second excerpt of a play to her actual recorded voice, where she is answering the question of “Are you a woman” with an answer that we can all learn from.