Lili Elbe

The Danish Girl put off to May 2010, with new director

2 March 2010

It also helps to attach some big-name talent to the enterprise. People like Oscar-winning actresses Nicole Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow and director Lasse Hallström. Hallström says that, if all goes well, shooting on The Danish Girl will begin in May in Europe, and he couldn’t be more enthusiastic about a project that’s already generating controversy, [...]

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Our Darling Lili

3 February 2010

The Danish Girl, the movie co-produced by and starring Nicole Kidman in the title role, is slated to be filmed right now. The main character of the novel by David Ebershoff and the film itself, Lili Elbe née Einar Mogens Wegener, is dear to our hearts. We do hope that the filmmakers and Miss Kidman [...]

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Liz Hodgkinson & Michael Bateman on Roberta (Betty) Cowell

2 December 2009

Note by Liz Hodgkinson: THE book referred to was not passed by Betty for publication. But out of the many hours I spent trying to get to grips with Betty’s story, came Michael, nee Laura the forthcoming film of which will explain why Betty did not pass the book about her for publication. The following [...]

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Lili Elbe in Her Own Words

13 November 2009

There has been some speculation about Lili Elbe née Einar Wegener and just what her differences may have been. Below is reproduced a letter written by Lili in 1930 shortly before the surgery that would lead to her death. The searing tragedy of her situation could not be clearer. The foolish and dangerous medical advice [...]

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Please don’t colonize intersex history.

10 November 2009

Download this image as a PDF to use in campaigning for intersex equality and human rights.

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Sorry Folks, You Don’t Get to Keep On Pretending that Lili Elbe née Einar Wegener was Transsexual

9 November 2009

LILI Elbe née Einar Wegener was intersex. Lili Elbe née Einar Wegener was not transsexual. The word ‘transsexual’ was not commonly used in Lili Elbe’s era. The word ‘intersex’ certainly was – it was created in 1901 and was current from then onwards. Please respect the facts. And please stop insulting Lili Elbe’s memory by using the [...]

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Roberta Cowell’s Story by Herself

20 September 2009

OII Australia has obtained a PDF rendition of the autobiography of British intersex woman Roberta Cowell. It was published in the UK in 1954 and has long been out of print. Roberta aka Betty underwent urogenital surgery in the early 1950s. She was a World War II fighter pilot and racing driver and is apparently [...]

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Director Confirmed for ‘The Danish Girl’ Movie

17 September 2009

Tomas Alfredson will direct the film of The Danish Girl, which is based on the life of intersex woman Lili Elbe née Einar Mogens Wegener, according to film industry publication Variety. By the way, Variety, Lili was intersex. You might just want to mention that. Her surgery was not exactly a ‘sex change.’ Surgeons nowadays [...]

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Cate Blanchett to Play Wallis Simpson?

7 September 2009

ON the unlikely (given its original source) but possible spike at the OII Australia newsroom goes this report via the Sydney Morning Herald that Madonna is attempting to persuade Cate Blanchett to take up the lead role in an upcoming musical bioflick about Wallis Simpson aka the Duchess of Windsor. Wallis Simpson has long been [...]

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The legend of Lili Elbe

3 August 2009

Author: EarthAngel Publication Date: August 2009 Screenshot: Story: GREAT stories often live on beyond the times that gave them birth, and great novels are sometimes re-issued, even occasionally made into feature films. The life of Lili Elbe is one such story – David Ebershoff’s novel about her has been re-published in Australia, and principal photography [...]

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LOTL Magazine Publishes Lili Elbe Article

31 July 2009

OII Australia is pleased to announce that an article on Lili Elbe, the first intersex person known to have undergone urogenital surgery, has been published in the August 2009 issue of LOTL magazine. LOTL can be read online or a free copy can be picked up in venues and stockists. The article by our own [...]

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David Ebershoff’s Novel The Danish Girl Reissued

25 May 2009

Australian independent book publisher Allen & Unwin has re-issued The Danish Girl, the novel based on the life of Lili Elbe née Einar Wegener and her wife, the painter Gerda Wegener, written by David Ebershoff and first released by Viking in the United States in 2000. Lili Elbe was the first well-known intersex person to [...]

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