Brigitte Martel, born Jacques Belanger (October 31, 1949- June 3,2006) She is Canadian
At age 11, Jacques Bélanger is known with his successful "Mom, you're the most beautiful in the world."
At 18, Brigitte Martel made headlines in the tabloids when it became the first celebrity Quebec to undergo an operation to sex change. His transition from man to woman has been challenging, both in personal and professional: "If you draw back in the 1970 people were not really ready yet for that. But I told myself, "I'm the big jump and then come what may!" Then over the years, it was packed, and people accepted me well later.
In 1980 she helped found ATQ - Transsexual Association (le) s du Québec a charity dedicated to supporting personal and social education for transsexualism.
In 1981 his autobiography was published by Quebecor: Born Man, how I became a woman is the first autobiography of a transsexual in Quebec.
With his imposing physique and powerful voice, Brigitte Martel spent the last years of his life singing in cabarets in eastern Montreal
Brigitte Martel passed away during the night of June 3, 2006, in his residence Laurentians in Quebec. An autopsy revealed she had died of cardiac arrest. source wiki
It is difficult for me to express myself through writing. I do it more easily by the gesture or the song.
