“Each step forwards to become the person we are makes it harder to go backwards, to return to the shadowy, private world of closed doors and shuttered windows. The experience, the awakening of one’s true self, after being so long suppressed, can never be adequately explained with language.”
Lili Elbe (born Einar Wegener), painter and recipient of first gender reassignment surgeries (1882 – 1931), born on this day
Lili, painted by her spouse Gerda Wegener
Chorlton Unitarians 