The author presents the story of Elżbieta Lubarczyk (born Eligiusz in the mid-1940s in Lower Silesia in Polanf), one of the first transgender women to have changed their gender in Poland. She did it in the late 70s of the twentieth century.
Her story can be easily associated with Lili Elbe. "Eligius" and "Einar" are artists and painters. They have relationships with women. The former with two, with whom he marries and has two children - in this case, it distinguishes him from Einar. In addition, Eligiusz's wives are not painters. Both abandon painting when they are seriously considering turning into women.
Lubarczyk reads a lot, spending a lot of time in libraries to get some information on gender reassignment. She travels around the country and meets with doctors - most do not take her seriously. But there are those who try to help her. She gains contact with a man from the Netherlands, and thanks to him she has access to hormones - it shows the scale of her commitment. In order to undergo the operation, she must present an appropriate ID document certifying that she is a woman - and only in this way, this operation will be regarded as necessary, something like dealing with intersex people. She comes up with an idea to get a certificate at the police station, claiming that she has lost her ID card. A not-very-bright policeman issues an ID with 'F' - at that time she was trying to "look" like a woman, so she somehow convinced him. So she undergoes the operation...
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