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Goodbye Sarah DePalma
In Texas, one of the trans community’s most important activists is about to die. By Phyllis Randolph Frye I sadly write that a long-time fighter for […]
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1976: Transgenderist
Virginia Prince is oftentimes given credit for coining the term “transgenderist” and “transgenderism” in 1978. In 1977, Prince writes of three types of different types of trans experiences: “regular transvestite or femmiphile”; class two—those…
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1992: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy
The pamphlet from the first ICTLEP: FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSGENDER LAW AND EMPLOYMENT POLICY This Conference is for attorneys and other legal professionals; for employment, personnel, and other human resources professionals; and for…
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1974: Transies
Tenderloin Transies Protest Thirty-three drag queens were evicted from their apartments in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco, triggering protests from TVs and TSs who live in that area. The mid-day demonstration protested police…
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JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, announces that she is a TERF
JK Rowling has long hinted that she sympathized with sex essentialist so-called “radical feminist” idea that nobody’s phenotype is transitioned when trans people medically transition, […]
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1973: Transvestite & Transsexual Activism
Did you catch that inclusivity? If you didn’t let me quote the words written by a transsexual woman: “By the time you read this letter, cross-dressing should be legal in the City of Detroit.…
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1989: Tribute to Christine Jorgensen
She must have seen many changes since that day in 1952 when the headlines blared “GI Becomes Blonde Bombshell”, as have we all. Certainly, she, and we, saw the day pass when a specific…
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Sorry haters, Americans increasingly support trans people
Amid rollbacks of federal protections for transgender individuals, a new survey finds Americans have grown increasingly more supportive of rights for transgender people. Sixty-two percent […]
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TS Separatism: 1994 & 2002
The earliest usage of the term, “TS Separatist” I can find comes from a 1994 newsletter article. The context in which it is used references only those MTF transsexuals who have had vaginoplasty and…
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Proof: The Facts of Life vs the Cisgender Debate
Dave Chappelle’s cisgender enablers repeatedly assert that anti-trans “jokes” are “just jokes” and not an essential aspect of the dehumanization process. So, let us put […]