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While cross-cultural transgender roles such as the Berdache have encountered a resurgence of interest, little anthropological attention has been paid to Western gender variance or to the closely related subject of gender identity. – Abstracts of the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, 1988, Volume 87, page 147
MoreTransgender individuals are likely to show a high incidence of depression, psychosomatic complaints, and chemical dependency. This appears in clinical experience with more than 300 transsexuals. – Journal of Social Work & Human Sexuality 1988, Volume 7, Page 84
MoreTranssexuals utilize the concepts of their own culture to construct their own transgender experience. – In Search of Eve: Transsexual Rights of Passage, 1987, Page 100
MoreI’ve set up a survey for the trans community using the “Sense of Community Index-2” (SCI-2) research tool. For some time I’ve wanted to do this survey with the trans community. Take the survey here. For some time, I’ve seen and heard subjective assertions like: I love the transgender community! I hate the transgender community! […]
MoreChristine 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), […]
More. The Boston Daily Globe: Tues., Sept. 15, 1885 WINCHESTER’S SENSATION Pretty Girls Who Claimed to Be Men. The Romance of "Rebecca," Afterward "Lawrence," H Payne. A Father’s Efforts to Secure Possession of His Child. The Washington Post publishes the following special from a reporter of that paper who was sent to Winchester to investigate […]
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 […]
MoreCertificate of Death Commonwealth of Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics State Board of Health #11956 Place of Death Country of: Fredrick Magisterial District of: Stonewall Registration District No: 3416 Registered No: 2 Full Name Lawrence R. Payne Personal Statistics and Particulars Sex: M Color or Race: White Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced: Widowed If Married, […]
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