Jacqueline Charlotte
celebrates Coccinelle’s birthday
Coccinelle was the first French celebrity to undergo gender-affirming surgery,
and the first widely publicised post-war gender reassignment case in Europe
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy,
better known by her stage name Coccinelle, on what would have been her 91st birthday.
Coccinelle was the first French celebrity to undergo gender-affirming surgery,
and the first widely publicised post-war gender reassignment case in Europe.
just in her native country but across the world.
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