<P> Lili Elbe was the first known recipient of male - to - female sex reassignment surgery , in Germany in 1930 . She was the subject of five surgeries : one of penectomy and orchiectomy , one intended to transplant ovaries , two to remove the ovaries after transplant rejection , and vaginoplasty . However , she died three months after her fifth operation . </P>
<P> Lili Elbe was the first known recipient of male - to - female sex reassignment surgery , in Germany in 1930 . She was the subject of five surgeries : one of penectomy and orchiectomy , one intended to transplant ovaries , two to remove the ovaries after transplant rejection , and vaginoplasty . However , she died three months after her fifth operation . </P>
when did the first male-to-female transsexual surgical transformation take place
when did the first male-to-female transsexual surgical transformation take place
1930
1930