Ovida Delect | |
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| Born | Jean-Pierre Voidies 24 April 1926 Caen, France |
| Died | 9 October 1996 (aged 70) |
| Monuments | La place Ovida-Delect, Paris |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, politician, memoirist, activist |
| Known for | Resistance fighter, trans rights spokesperson |
| Children | 1 |
Ovida Delect (24 April 1926 – 9 October 1996) was a French poet, Communist, politician and member of the French resistance during the Second World War. She was also a trans woman and wrote a two volume autobiography about her life, in which she identified similarities between her own experience and that of Christine Jorgensen. Delect starred in a documentary, which brought the experiences of trans women into the wider canon of women in French film.