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…
From The Language of Sex A to Z by Dr. Robert M. Goldenson and Kenneth N. Anderson: Transgenderism: a gender identity disorder in which a person strongly identifies with the opposite sex and may…
Publication Date: 1988 Also published in the Journal of Social Work & Human Sexuality: 1988 Crossdressers are transgender Transsexuals are transgender individuals who need a social network Transsexuals are transgender
Dr. Diamond is an early pioneer in trans research. Outside of the trans community, he is best known for exposing the “John/Joan” case in which Dr. Money (who allegedly physically attacked Dr. Diamond years…
‘Transvestite/Transsexual (TV/TS) Community’ includes everyone who identifies with any of the following words: ‘transvestite’, ‘cross-dresser’, ‘transgender’, ‘transsexual’, ‘drag queen’, ‘femiphile’, or ‘androgyne’. It is an identifiable group of people within society as a whole.…
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…
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 who want some sort of…
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…
K.J. Rawson on NPR talking about the history of trans terminology: