1988: Transgender = Transsexual
On Being Gay: Thoughts on Family, Faith, and Love by Brian McNaught, 1988, page 28
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Colonization, Enslavement and Forced Assimilation: Narratives Built Upon the Virginia Prince Fountainhead Myth
In this post I review the rhetoric employed by transsexuals who have refused to use “transgender” to describe their experience while claiming that Virginia Prince coined the term to only refer to people like herself: heterosexual crossdressers who live full-time as female but do not wish to undergo any genital reconstructive surgery. This is part […]
MoreThe Ubiquity of the Prince Fountainhead Narrative
This is a simple review of printed materials incorrectly asserting that Virginia Prince coined the term transgender and/or transgenderist. Each of these many sources got it completely wrong, propagating a false story about how the trans community takes on new identity terms to thousands upon thousands of readers. This is the first of a 2-part […]
More1993: Texas Association for Transsexual Support TG Usage
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 […]
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Apparently my research blog has been down for a few weeks. I just learned about it when I went to add some content today. After an hour of fiddling with my database, I tracked down the bug…
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