Unfortunately I can’t recall her name but I recently read the story of one of the first people to have a male to female sex change operation, who had died at the time of the article.
Of course we all know what happens, she is rejected by her family and friends, she later regrets the operation and would give anything to have it undone, she searches her entire life but fails to gain acceptance by society, her relationships are short and unsatisfactory, she eventually dies penniless and alone.
Except…except…the operation went well, although crude by modern standards she never experienced any dissatisfaction with the results, her parents accepted her decision and were just glad she was finally happy, her friends were understanding and supportive, she had a minor but respected Hollywood career before finding someone she loved and who loved her before settling down with them for the rest of her life, which by all accounts was rich, full and entirely satisfactory.
I thought it was so goddamn nice and unexpected to read a story about a person that wasn’t full of dark and depressing struggle, but where things appear to have genuinely worked out for the best. There seems to be something of a perverse satisfaction these days in finding out that respected historical personages had their dark secrets, unpleasant personalities and hidden aspects of their lives.
Are there any other examples of historic or famous persons who appear, as far as is known, to be as basically good people as they were initially recorded as having been, with no dark side etc?
