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Dora Rudolfine Richter (16 April 1892 – 26 April 1966) was a German trans woman and the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender-affirming surgery. She was one of a number of transgender people in the care of sex-research pioneer Magnus Hirschfeld at Berlin's Institute for Sexual Research during the 1920s and early 1930s.
Mar 15, 2022 · To celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re telling the stories of transgender women who reshaped history. Below, we recount the life of Dora Richter, one of the first people to receive gender confirmation surgery, and whose life was cut brutally short during the Nazi uprising.
Mar 28, 2022 · Dora Richter, who worked as a maid at the Institute, became the first recorded case of complete gender affirmation surgery. She was born male in the Erzgebirge region of Germany in 1891 to a relatively poor farming family.
Dora "Dörchen" Richter (1891–1933) was the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender reassignment surgery. She was one of a number of transgender people in the care of sex-research pioneer Magnus Hirschfeld at Berlin's Institute for Sexual Research during the 1920s and early 1930s.
Jun 21, 2023 · The first trans woman to undergo vaginoplasty, Dora Richter, is believed to have been murdered during the raid. Once the Nazis gained power, their persecution of transgender individuals extended beyond the destruction of Hirschfeld’s institute.
Domestic workers: Dora “Dörchen” Richter (1891 – 1933?) Dora Richter worked as a housekeeper at Hirschfeld’s Institute of Sexology. Here she could present as female whereas she had to use her birth name when working as a waiter in Berlin hotels during the busy summer season to make money.
Mar 31, 2022 · A story about trans history, photographs, “the firsts” and assumptions about unknowns. Toni Ebel, Charlotte Charlaque and Dora Richter in Mysterium des Geschlechts (dir. L. Gother, cin. K ...
Jul 5, 2024 · Dora Richter was the first transgender individual to undergo complete male-to-female genital surgery under Hirschfeld’s supervision. Richter was one of several transgender individuals under Hirschfeld’s care at the Berlin Institute for Sexual Research.
Feb 29, 2024 · In 1922, Dora Richter, an employee at the Institute, began her medical transition. She underwent a series of surgeries, completing her transition in 1931. The most famous patient at The Institute for Sexual Science was the Danish painter, Lili Elbe (whose life story is depicted in the film The Danish Girl.)
In 1931, when Dora, is about forty, her penis was amputated by the Institute physician Dr. Levy-Lenz, and then an artificial vagina was surgically grafted by the Berlin surgeon Prof. Dr. Gohrbandt. Dorchen was one of the first sex changes altogether.
