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1915: Trans-sexed
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…
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1968: Sex Shift Surgery In Use Since 1966
Niagara Falls Gazette Thursday, Nov. 21, 1968 Sex Shift Surgery In Use Since 1966 BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) — Surgeons at Johns Hopkins Medical Center’s “gender identity clinic’ have been performing sex-change operations since July…
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1982: Transgenders = Transsexuals, Christine Jorgensen
Appeal-Democrat, Tuesday, May 11, 1982, p. A-10 Associated Press Article, 1982 ‘Transgender’ FRESNO (AP)—Christine Jorgensen says her highly publicized sex change operation three decades age gave her the identity she needed to find “happiness…
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1885: Transgender Person Discovered After Death
The Coshocton Democrat, Page 3; May 5, 1865. (Coshocton, Ohio) A MALE-WOMAN. — A strange sort of person named Sophia Gibons, died a few days ago [in] Cambridge out in Guernsey County Ohio. It…
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1973: Transsex in Glam Rock
"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…
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1971: Transsex added to Dictionary
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…
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Phyllis Frye: Grandmother of the Trans Community
Crosspost from my Ehipassiko blog, posted here for research value Over the last 24 hours, I’ve spent about 12 of them scanning Phyllis Frye’s 1970s trans documents. I don’t know that I can even…
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Old German Trans Terms
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1999: Transgenderize
"Transgenderize" - Rockford Institute Chronicles, Vol 23, 1999 (p. 41) Demonstrate the ability to opheliate (ie, transgenderize) comprehensively one soliloquy from Hamlet. Demonstrate the ability to devise 16 different interpretations of an instructional leaflet…
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1898: Transsesso = Transgender/Transsexual, Currently
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…