What was her legal name after transition?
Lili Ilse Elvenes
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Answer
Lili Ilse Elvenes was the legal name adopted by Lili Elbe, who was born Einar Wegener in Denmark in 1882. Elbe was a pioneering figure in the history of sex reassignment surgery, undergoing a series of operations in the 1930s that were documented in the film "The Danish Girl". Elbe died in 1931 at the age of 48.
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