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Christine Jorgenson is the first American to undergo surgery and receive hormone treatments
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The physician Harry Benjamin published “The Transsexual Phenomenon”, a groundbreaking book that outlined how transgender people could transition medically.
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Minneapolis became the first city to pass a law prohibiting discrimination against transgender people.
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The The New York Supreme Court ruled that Renee Richards, a transgender woman who played professional tennis, was eligible to play at the Women's United States Open.
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Minnesota became the first state to extend protections against discrimination to transgender people.
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The Transgender Law Center opened its first office in San Francisco.
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San Francisco’s first Trans March took place. It was the first of its kind anywhere.
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California became the first state to mandate transgender health care coverage with the Insurance Gender Nondiscrimination Act.
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Stu Rasmussen was elected the first transgender mayor in America.
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Caitlyn Jenner, formerly Bruce Jenner, an Olympic gold medalist, opening discussed her transition to a woman in an article in Vanity Fair. She later won the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPY Awards for her courage to share her story.