1907 Transsexual = Cross-Gender

Prior to this post, it was asserted that the term “transsexual” was first used in 1949 (transexual and transsexualis) and the German version, (transsexualismus) was first used in 1923. Now, it seems that this term first appeared in print the 1907 edition of The Medial Times. The Medical Times, Vol 35 No. 1, New York, January 1907 1907 “Transsexual” THE GIRL WHO TRAVELS ALONE In the Cosmopolitan of December 1906 Eleanor Gates begins a series of articles with the above title dealing largely with the insults to which decent women are subjected when unescorted. She describes at some length the species of male human beings we can scarcely call them men who annoy women; finding physical cowardice the only attribute in common; recounts various experiences to illustrate the text, especially with reference to the suspicion and indifference with which decent men and the representatives of the law are inclined to

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