Crossdresser

Terminology by CristanMay 17, 2016

Why It’s ‘Transgender’ Not ‘Transgendered’

K.J. Rawson on NPR talking about the history of trans terminology:

1976: Transgenderist

Terminology by CristanMarch 21, 2012March 21, 2012

1992: Bigenderal Introduction and Rejection

Terminology by CristanMarch 19, 2012November 26, 2012

1992: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy

Terminology by CristanMarch 19, 2012February 26, 2013

Terminology by CristanMarch 8, 2012

‘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 […]

Interview with Dr. Milton Diamond

Terminology by CristanMarch 4, 2012

1986: Transgenderism ≠ Transsexualism; GID = Umbrella Term

Terminology by CristanJanuary 23, 2012February 16, 2012

1988: Transgender = Transsexuals & Crossdressers

Terminology by CristanJanuary 12, 2012

Terminology by CristanAugust 20, 2011August 21, 2011

Trans Terms History and Context

I 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), […]