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At age 20 he sang in a transvestite review and found out about sex changes. Jacques transitioned in 1972 and became Jacqueline Bélanger.
She restarted her career as a chanteuse under the name Brigitte Martel. She married a man in 1981 and published her autobiography the same year. In 1987 her mother died and she had a period of depression. As the Montréal c
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She was one of the founders of l’Association des Transsexuelles du Québec (ATQ) and performed for their fundraiser each year.
She died at home of a cardiac arrest.
Here is a video clip about her made by Mirha-Soleil Ross:
- Brigitte Martel. Né homme, comment je suis devenu femme. Éditions Québecor 155 pp 1981.
- Richard Thérrien. “Autrefois Jacques Bélanger, Brigitte Martel. Le chanteur devenu femme” Dernière Heure April 1997 Online at www.atq1980.org/bm.htm.
Brigitte had a beautiful voice. Who have loved to have seen her in person.
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