It may come as a shock to some of you guys but the truth is transsexuality is not an entirely new concept, and the girl you saw last night doesn’t have a triple-o vin number. Which is to say, our current gaggle of advertisers aren’t the first chicks with dicks the planet has ever known. The concept of transsexuality is actually not a new one at all. There have been numerous examples throughout history of men wanting to be like and dressing as females as well as females wanting to act like and be men.
The problem was way back when, there were no surgical procedures available to help further the notion of transsexuality. Nor were there any hormones available to aid in the transformation. Men or women could only use other sex garb and make-up to create the illusion of transsexuality.
The big change came after World War I when the science and practice of plastic surgery found its birth. So many soldiers came home maimed and disfigured, the medical community found a need and demand to develop new procedures and technologies to help the infirmed and cosmetically challenged. One of these was the injection of silicone into the body, a procedure popularized by Japanese prostitutes hoping to attract American servicemen after the war. On the plus side, the injections created breasts which looked and felt real. (Indeed, I have a few transsexual clients who have this configuration and their breasts are amazing.) On the downside, silicone injection causes so many problems and health hazards that the US outlawed the practice.
Obviously, the legal banning of the procedure has not stopped renegade doctors and nurses from turning a buck in the underground while nobody is looking. And a significant part of that underground is the transsexual population, who routinely get their asses pumped illegally to appear fabulous to those who would court the favor of the transgendered set.
But I digress! The beginning of the modern breast implant age began in 1962 when silicone became available in a pocket or envelope and could be inserted in a girl’s chest to achieve the desired effect. With everything legal and on the up-and-up, an aspiring she male could now for a few thousand dollars have a big, fabulous set of knockers with which to seduce a “straight” guy.
Hormone therapy also found its birth in the 20th century. Originally conceived as a remedy for imbalances, it wasn’t long before wannabe she males figured out that the ingestion or inoculation of estrogen (and other female hormones) would aid in the loss of muscle tone and facial and body hair, as well as an overall softening of the body contour.
Add depilatory creams and electrolysis to the mix to further eliminate unwanted hair, and you have a scenario in which a man can almost completely transform himself into a woman - while keeping the male organ!
While transsexuality was and is shrouded in mystery, the subculture becomes more and more mainstream with the passage of time. And as with all cultural trends, somebody has to be the forerunner and the harbinger of things to come.
Although she wasn’t the first transsexual, Christine Jorgensen stands as the “Christopher Columbus” of the transgendered community. America discovered she males via her public persona.
Christine Jorgensen was born George Jorgensen Jr. in the Bronx, N.Y. on May 30, 1926. At age 5 she asked her parents for a blonde doll for Christmas. When she awoke on the morning of The Nativity, Christine found a red choo choo train under the tree. Despite the obvious, George continued as George throughout his childhood, adolescent and early adulthood life, even serving his country in the U.S Army! But then the call of his truly transsexual nature led George to Copenhagen, where he underwent a series of three surgeries to become the glamorous woman he’d always dreamed she could be.
As previously stated, Christine was by no means the first post-op transsexual - but she certainly was the most visible. A photographer by trade, Christine found herself thrust into the public limelight more by the press’ and public’s insatiable appetite for the facts and gossip concerning Christine, than any particular desire on her part to be so infamous. The year was 1952, and the post war baby boomer generation was just ripe for a cutting edge sci fi story, which not only included a lascivious quality - but also a lesson in the yin and yang of the mid century’s ever-advancing technologies.
Add that she looked and dressed in a very stylish manner and conducted herself in an informed and seductive way - and it was a wrap. Christine became a media star, posing, voguing and entertaining to the tune of $5,000 a week. People lined up around the block just to catch a glimpse of Christine and her show. But more important, Christine became the poster girl for gay/lesbian/transsexual rights and introduced America to its ever-evolving and rapidly-modernizing sexuality. Some go as far as to say that The Sexual Revolution began with Christine.
In truth, her original surgery was very rudimentary. Essentially, she underwent castration and had a penectomy. It was only years later that she returned to the operating room to have a vagina excavated, an operation which wasn’t all that successful. Sex reassignment surgery was in its infancy at the time and anybody who opted for the change couldn’t reasonably expect to have the capacity to enjoy sex that they’d had previously with their parts intact.
At the age of 62, Christine died of cancer, but not before penning an autobiography to document her unique voyage. And Hollywood even produced “The Christine Jorgensen Story,” furthering her legendary status to an even greater extent.
So if you think last night’s date is some kind of trendsetter, well, she may in fact be. Just not on the subject of transsexuality. Clearly, there have been many who’ve been there and done that before - even if your most recent partner does it better with the help of more and more advanced medical surgeries, procedures and technologies.
The Emperor Nero had a POST-OP transgender concubine (wayyy before anaesthesia!)
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