Lister was best known for her political work with the Greens Party. Joining with the Greens out of a sense of outrage over the Tampa affair, Lister went on to help establish the GLBTI Committee and continued through all her work to make sure that transgender issues remained on the agenda.

The first post-op transsexual of France, she was often referred to as a She-male by the media

She stunned -- and wowed -- the world when she won EuroVision, the coveted European Music Festiaval competition.

The first post-op transexual women from the United States.

What began as a feud became one of the best annual events of the year in New York City