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1898: Transsesso = Transgender/Transsexual, Currently

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Source Summary

The term “transsesso” is the modern-day Italian term for transgender and transsexual. Here’s this term being used in a 1898 Latin language book. I’m noting this 1800s usage to make the point that sticking “trans” in front of “sex” and/or “gender” isn’t an improbable feat that can be traced to any one single person. At this point, I think it’s very doubtful that Magnus Hirschfeld (much less Cauldwell or Benjamin) had never before heard the word “transsexual” – whether that was an 1800s Latin term or a 1907 English language medical term – and invented this word whole-cloth. Instead, I think it’s most probable that these folks instead repurposed existing linguistic ideas/term(s) to suit their needs. 1898, cover-page "Transsesso" - Analecta Hymnica, 1898

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Community significance

“1898: Transsesso = Transgender/Transsexual, Currently” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to transgender identity and history, while also engaging healthcare and medicine. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

Historical significance

As a publication record from 2012 at Cristan’s Research, “1898: Transsesso = Transgender/Transsexual, Currently” provides dated evidence of how transgender identity and history was being argued in relation to healthcare and medicine. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

Policy significance

No dominant policy frame was detected in “1898: Transsesso = Transgender/Transsexual, Currently.” Its policy relevance, when present, is therefore likely indirect: the article’s treatment of transgender identity and history may shape later arguments about institutions or public practice rather than proposing a specific rule.

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Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
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Healthcare and medicineTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
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Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
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Clinical and medical analysis
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How “Transgender identity and history” appears across the Collective corpus

This article appeared 1 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.

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Cristan

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