I just want to become a woman as quickly as possible. That's all. — Carlett (image via Jet Magazine) As Charles Brown, Carlett had been a U.S. Navy SEAL, a Harlem social butterfly and a male shake dancer. As Carlett Angianlee Brown, she renounced her U.S. citizenship in order to travel overseas to visit (at that time) the only doctor in the world who would perform sex change operations, the one made famous for his operation on Christine Jorgensen. "I'll become a citizen of any country that will allow me the treatment that I need and to be operated on," Carlett said. She graced the cover of JET magazine, as readers followed the story of this charismatic black woman, the first black woman to announce her intention to undergo a sex change operation.
A Woman to Know: Carlett Brown
A Woman to Know: Carlett Brown
A Woman to Know: Carlett Brown
I just want to become a woman as quickly as possible. That's all. — Carlett (image via Jet Magazine) As Charles Brown, Carlett had been a U.S. Navy SEAL, a Harlem social butterfly and a male shake dancer. As Carlett Angianlee Brown, she renounced her U.S. citizenship in order to travel overseas to visit (at that time) the only doctor in the world who would perform sex change operations, the one made famous for his operation on Christine Jorgensen. "I'll become a citizen of any country that will allow me the treatment that I need and to be operated on," Carlett said. She graced the cover of JET magazine, as readers followed the story of this charismatic black woman, the first black woman to announce her intention to undergo a sex change operation.