My place to post research about trans culture & history
The earliest usage of the term, “TS Separatist” I can find comes from a 1994 newsletter article. The context in which it is used references only those MTF transsexuals who have had vaginoplasty and wish to separate themselves from pre-/non-op trans folk. The next usage comes from a 2002 article in which it is used in the modern sense wherein transsexuals […]
MoreI was asked to rewrite the origin narrative for the “transgender” entry on wikipedia. The current entry is full of demonstrable falsehoods which propagate ignorance concerning the history of this term. Chief among the misinformation is the insistence (without evidence) that Virginia Prince in the lexical fountainhead for trans terms. Here’s the rewrite I submitted: By a matter of months, it seems […]
More“[In 1974] some of the terminology used at the conference would take some twenty years to become widespread. As far as we are aware, the first use of the term trans.people (sic) was when Julia Tonner referred to “the two worlds of the trans.people” (ie transsexuals and transvestites). In addition, there was also talk of […]
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