Iris Rachamimov, a historian at Tel Aviv University. The heroic tale of Natan − apparently the first transgender woman in Israel − has recently been retrieved from the depths of oblivion and researched by Dr. Israel Recognizes Sex Changes Without Op.Transgender Orthodox Rabbi Builds Life in J'lem.Israeli Court Is Sadly Silent in LGBT Case.They Say They Wanna (Sexual) Revolution.1980s Play About AIDS Is Reborn in Tel Aviv.For Gay Right-wingers, Life Is Doubly Difficult.Gay Tourists Flock to Tel Aviv for Parade.Livni to Promote Same-sex Inheritance Bill.A Trans Man's Tale of Love and Darkness.Israeli Schools Don't Reach Out to Gays.Nadja Rumjanceva / Pride Not Pomp at Parade.Omri Ben-Yehuda / Finding Pride in Gay J'lem.After trying various forms of passive resistance and then, in a drastic move, attempting to perform surgery on herself, which nearly killed her − she ultimately succeeded in her quest. In the 1950s, she waged a tenacious struggle against the Israeli medical and legal establishments, in order to undergo a sex change operation. Rina Natan may have been born male and named Gershon Natan, but she went to tremendous lengths to be able to fully claim her identity as a woman.
