Why It’s ‘Transgender’ Not ‘Transgendered’
K.J. Rawson on NPR talking about the history of trans terminology:
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K.J. Rawson on NPR talking about the history of trans terminology:
I’ve seen some internet dustups over the use of the #translivesmatter hashtag over the past few months. A subreddit asks if it’s okay to use the tag and produces discourse typical of what I’ve observed. Today, I witnessed…
Official Souvenir Program of the 1979 National March on Washington, Page 40 NOTES: This usage comes from Phyllis Frye. Here’s other Frye usages: 1976 usage 1977 usage, 1 1977 usage, 2 1978 usage 1979 usage
On Being Gay: Thoughts on Family, Faith, and Love by Brian McNaught, 1988, page 28
FI News, 1975 SALMACIS OFFER LECTURES FRANCES L. DOWELL, President, Salmacis Society Salmacis, the egalitarian Feminist Social Society, has announced a series of eight educational lectures on Transgenderism, to run until August 21. The lectures will be held…
Gender Euphoria, January 1992, Vol VI, No 1 November 12, 1991 Dear Editor, It was with a great deal of interest that I read Virginia Prince’s letter and your response in the November issue of GE. As a…
What follows is an exchange between Virginia Prince and Tere Fredrickson, co-organizer (along with the primary organizer, Phyllis Frye, VP of GCTC) of the ICTLEP Conference. Dear Linda and Tere: Sept 1, 1991 Thanks for sending me the…
In this post I review the rhetoric employed by transsexuals who have refused to use “transgender” to describe their experience while claiming that Virginia Prince coined the term to only refer to people like herself: heterosexual crossdressers who…
This is a simple review of printed materials incorrectly asserting that Virginia Prince coined the term transgender and/or transgenderist. Each of these many sources got it completely wrong, propagating a false story about how the trans community takes…
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COMMENTARY by If ever an effort deserved to be called the tip of the spear, it is the International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy. It might be characterized as redundant by some, an affront to the…
And ad from a 1974 Drag magazine. Note the way in which sexual identity and gender identity are used: Drag Magazine, Vol 4, No 16, 1974 More about Drag Magazine: “DRAG is… the voice of Queens Liberation Front,…