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Christine Jorgensen was a famous transsexual woman who preferred to be referred to as being a transgender woman: 1979: Newsday article reprinted in the Winnipeg Free Press, 1979 The article reads: As a young man, Jorgensen experienced strong emotional attachments to two male friends, but she says those feelings were never expressed. She admits […]
MoreI 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 – So, what I came up with are the 5 most historically used English terms: Transvestite (ca. 1910), Crossdreser (ca. 1972), […]
MoreAs many of you know by now, I’ve recently been interested in uncovering never before considered historical records relating to how the term “transgender” evolved over the years. Clinical Sexuality 1974, 3rd Edition The milder case of transvestitism does not come easily to medical or any other professional attention, and it has rarely been included […]
MoreAs many of you know by now, I’ve recently been interested in uncovering never before considered historical records relating to how the term “transgender” evolved over the years. A Practical Handbook of Psychiatry 1974 Edition Psychiatric Evaluation for Transgender Surgery Transvestite: The transvestite rarely seeks transgender surgery, since the core of his perversion is an […]
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