Dawn: A Charleston Legend

In 1968, Gordon Langley Hall claimed he was a woman misdiagnosed as male at birth because of a genital defect. To correct this, Gordon underwent one of the first sex reassignment surgeries in the United States. Her subsequent marriage to a black auto mechanic and the mysterious birth of their daughter Natasha sent Charleston, SC society into a fury and cast serious doubts on the truth behind Dawn’s story.

Director: Ron Davis

Cast: Dawn Langley Simmons, Alexia Jasmene, Mildred Simmons, Natasha Simmons, Stephanie Riggio Bulger, John-Paul Simmons, Christine Jorgensen, Pierre Berton

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