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Transgenderist: First Usages from the 1970s

1978 McCary's Human Sexuality, 1978, page 337 Transgenderism is a relatively new term in the field of sexology, one meant to describe a variance falling at some point between transvestism and transsexualism. As such,…

Culture, identity, and representationFamily and relationships
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1983: The Uninvited Dilemma and “Transgender”

The Uninvited Dilemma was thought of as one of the most important trans books of its time. The Uninvited Dilemma, has been quoted and referenced countless times in trans books, newsletters and magazines. In…

Family and relationshipsHealthcare and medicine
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#TERFLogic: Trans women shouldn’t have access to estrogen!

Here’s what actual medical and psychological professional groups have to say about trans medical care: Rate this example of #TERFLogic! Rating System: 1 star = Relatively Reasonable 5 stars = Total Bullshit [yasr_visitor_votes size=”large”]…

Community and organizingFeminism and gender politics
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Unethical Trans Doc Exposed 

It’s hard to say exactly when Dr. Christopher Salgado, board certified and celebrated genital reconstruction surgeon, started to post questionable things on his Instagram account (@sexsurgeon). The account was taken down after the first…

Community and organizingHealthcare and medicine
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Transition causes strokes! Or you know, not.

The newest claim making the sex essentialist activist rounds is that transition will probably cause you to have a stroke or heart attack. TERFs and other sex essentialist activists, from the political right to…

Healthcare and medicineMedia, rhetoric, and discourse
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1976: Transgenderist

Masthead: Gay Community News, January 31st, 1976 issue (Vol. 3, No. 31) Virginia Prince is oftentimes given credit for coining the term “transgenderist” and “transgenderism” in 1978. In 1977, Prince writes of three types…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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1992: Bigenderal Introduction and Rejection

Rebuttal to Prince, February 1992 Bigenderal Introduction: TERMINOLOGY FOR THE CROSSDRESSING COMMUNITY by Virginia Prince The matter of labels in our community has come up many times and seems to be divided between those…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation