Back in 2009 I asked the the question if there were a right way to be LGB Or T. As I consider the personal difficulties of my past few years, especially those difficulties relating to community orthodoxies externally…
Jennifer Usher posted up on her blog a post entitled Slacktivists? ROTFLLMAO!!!!! as a response to my recent Transadvocate post Transsexual Separatist Slacktivism Doesn’t Win Legislatively. I haven’t made it a habit of responding to her, but I…
I was at the airport one day I thought I’d play with attempting to represent some information about the history and social context of transgender terminology in a graph: – Click graph to enlarge – So, what I…
This is a community flier from 1976. Note the attempt to find some taxonomy which encompasses all people of non-cisgender history, experience or expression. Also, note the proto-transgender symbology. "Note: Transvestite, as used herein, is collective for transsexuals,…
From The Language of Sex A to Z by Dr. Robert M. Goldenson and Kenneth N. Anderson: 1986: Transgenderism & Transsexualism Transgenderism: a gender identity disorder in which a person strongly identifies with the opposite sex and may…
“Tranny” seems to be a contentious term within the GLBT community. For many in the trans community, we’ve known “tranny” to be a term associated with the gay (specifically gay male) community; a term used by gay men…
"Transsex" Tuesday, April 24, 1973 — Leader-Herald, Gloversville-Johnstown, N.Y. Gabriel used to appear in a fox mask and a red dress, which evolved from the “Foxtrot” LP. This brings up the subject of glam rock in England and…
Dictionary Tests New Word: Friday, November 19,1971 “Transsex” “Jesus freak, imploit, sexism, transsex, stun gun…” “Transsex” “Transsex was invented by Christine Jorgensen.” “Desexegration” Desexegration is something you’ll see more of, now that the Red Chinese are represented in…
Trans-sexed, 1977 She withdrew from medical practice in order to concentrate on playing tennis as “my vehicle” for proving that a trans-sexed male “is a woman in every conceivable way” and not “psychotic or freaky.” Full Article: Northwest…
The Evening Record – Feb 9, 1915 Lived Six Years in Trans-Sexed Attire: Girl Buried in Her “First Black Suit” (United Press) Chicago, Feb. 9. — Ida Weinstein, 26 years old, was buried yesterday in the first dress…