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COMMENTARY by [Name Withheld] If ever an effort deserved to be called the tip of the spear, it is the International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy. It might be characterized as redundant by some, an affront to the existing transgender support or medical groups by others or even a radical splinter effort by […]
MoreAnd ad from a 1974 Drag magazine. Note the way in which sexual identity and gender identity are used: More about Drag Magazine: “DRAG is… the voice of Queens Liberation Front, a transvestite organization formed in 1969.” – From the title page of this magazine.
More“Sex change” is currently seen as a sensationalistic term used in the media. Dr. Rawson sent me the following article from 1691 which uses the term “sexes change” to refer to a change of sex:
MoreCedar Rapids Gazette, 10/11/1995, Page 1 Iowa City approves state’s 1st transgender protection By Brad Hahn News correspondent IOWA CITY — Iowa City will be the first city in the state and one of few in the nation to protect transgender individuals in its Human Rights Ordinance. Council members voted unanimously last night to add […]
MoreHAGERSTOWN (AP) – Four years ago, Debbie Reefer could not have played on a women’s softball team because she was a man. “I was a typical beer-drinking, head-busting type of guy,” said Keefer, the 41-year-old top pitcher on Hagerstown Junior College’s softball team. “That’s the best I can sum it up. I was tough and […]
MorePage 6 Transgender liberation: a movement whose time has come Leslie Feinberg, World View Forum, 1992
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