Jacqueline-Charlotte Dufresnoy

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She also worked to create the organisation Devenir Femme – which translates “to become a woman – which offered support to those seeking gender reassignment surgery – as well as helping to establish The Centre for Aid, Research, and Information for Transsexuality and Gender Identity. She travelled to Casablanca to undergo surgery in 1958 saying after the event “Dr Burou rectified the mistake nature had made and I became a real woman, on the inside as well as the outside,” Jacqueline-Charlotte Dufresnoy, also known as Coccinelle, was a pioneer for the LGBT+ community and was the first person in her country to undergo gender-affirming surgery.

There is a new Google doodle celebrating the life of Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy, aka Coccinelle. She was a trendsetter in France and is beloved for her ...

It was this wedding that established in French law that transgender people had the right to marry in the country. In the 60s, she even turned to cinema, acting in two films, Los viciosos and Días de viejo color in 1962 and 1968 respectively. One night, at a party during her teenage years, she turned up wearing a red dress with black polka dots, earning her the nickname Coccinelle, which translates to ladybug in English.

Happy birthday, Coccinelle! Today Google doodle celebrates the 91st Birthday of Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy, the French actress, entertainer and singer.

[Coccinelle](/news?tag=Coccinelle) quickly became an international icon. [Coccinelle](/news?tag=Coccinelle) was a pioneer for the LGBTQ+ community and the first French person to undergo gender-affirming surgery. [Google doodle](/news?tag=Google+doodle) celebrates the 91st Birthday of [Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy](/news?tag=Jacqueline+Charlotte+Dufresnoy), the French actress, entertainer and singer.

The illustrious club singer, born on August 23, 1931, went by the stage name Coccinelle. Labelled a male at birth, Coccinelle was the first known French person ...

Activism was not central to her early life and works, but later in life she founded Devenir Femme, an organisation meaning to ‘To Become Woman’. Her autobiography was published in 1987, titled Coccinelle par Coccinelle, and detailed her rise to stardom and a life of activism. Their union was the first marriage of a trans person to be recognised by the French government – and the Catholic church that re-baptised her as Jacqueline. Although Coccinelle went on to marry twice more, this marked a moment in history that set the precedent for the legal right to marry for trans people in France. [French ](/topic/french) [actress](/topic/actress) and entertainer, was reincarnated as the star of Tuesday’s [Google Doodle](/topic/google-doodle). Labelled a male at birth, Coccinelle was the first known French person to undergo sex-reassignment surgery in Europe after World War I.