Dawn: A Charleston Legend
- Released on
- Runtime
- 34 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Dawn Langley Simmons
- Alexia Jasmene
- Mildred Simmons
- Natasha Simmons
- Stephanie Riggio Bulger
- John-Paul Simmons
- Christine Jorgensen
- Pierre Berton
Director
- Ron Davis
Producers
- Nancy Knox Talcott
