Carlett Brown Angianlee

Carlett Brown Angianlee (born ) was a United States Navy veteran during the 1950s who, if she made it to Europe, was the first African American to undergo gender affirmation surgery.

Biography From Pittsburgh, Angianlee was born as Charles Brown. She joined the Navy in 1950 to be able to receive treatment for rectal and nasal bleeding. Claiming a two and a half year relationship with the man, she said that "We’ll be married as soon as I am legally a woman." She had renounced her American citizenship and planned to sail to Europe on the SS Holland on August 2. Within the following month, she was ordered not to leave the country by the US government until she had paid $1,200 in back taxes. To make more money to be able to pay this off, she got a job as a cook at an Iowa State College fraternity. Nothing beyond this point is known about her, and it is unknown if she ever made it to Europe.