Lili Elbe – born Einar Wegener – was a Danish landscape painter of the early 20th century and the first known transgender woman in arts. The Danish landscape artist Lili Elvenes (1882-1931), born ...

Inspired by the life of Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of gender confirmation surgery, this film dives into the complexities of identity and love. “The Danish Girl” beautifully ...

The painter Lili Elbe was the first person to have gender confirmation surgery in the 1930s. The homonymous opera is a glimpse into the life of Lili Elbe and her wife Gerda Wegener (also a famous ...