1980s

Terminology by Cristan

1980: The Return of Transgenderal

Virginia Prince is sometimes given credit for coining all variations/meanings of “transgender” because she wrote the term “transgenderal” once in 1969… but she never again used the term. It seems that it isn’t until 1980 that the term reappears in print:       NOTES It should be noted that “genderal” is a term that’s […]

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1980: Transgender Orientation

…Throughout the adolescent period there is progressive experimentation and initiation into direct sexual contact. Cross-cultural data (Money & Ehrhardt, 1972) indicate that for the great majority of people  sexual intercourse first occurs during this period. In addition, a vast array of incidental skills arc being tried out and developed. These range from the simple ability […]

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1984: State of Trans Terms

  ‘Transvestite/Transsexual (TV/TS) Community’ includes everyone who identifies with any of the following words: ‘transvestite’, ‘cross-dresser’, ‘transgender’, ‘transsexual’, ‘drag queen’, ‘femiphile’, or ‘androgyne’. It is an identifiable group of people within society as a whole. Because of the great amounts of heartburn some people have with the word ‘transvestite’, there is a movement afoot to […]

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