Why It’s ‘Transgender’ Not ‘Transgendered’
K.J. Rawson on NPR talking about the history of trans terminology:
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1991: Virginia Prince on the use of Transgender
What follows is an exchange between Virginia Prince and Tere Fredrickson, co-organizer (along with the primary organizer, Phyllis Frye, VP of GCTC) of the ICTLEP Conference. Dear Linda and Tere: Sept 1, 1991 Thanks for sending me the issues of Gender Euphoria. I feel something of a proprietary interest in it because of its title. […]
More1978: Transgenderal = Full-Time, Non-Op
Open Forum John Money, Ph.D., Moderator The Johns Hopkins University, Schoo] of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland 21205 Before becoming involved in the sex role area, I was a linguist. I would like to share three comments on methodology in regard to the whole question of gender and sex. One of the first things that you learn when you enter the […]
More1978: Transgender = Cross-Sex
In the play he has chosen to explore his theory, a 60-year-old woman pursues a 16-year-old boy. His “transgender realization” of Oscar Wilde’s Salome will be performed for the next two weekends at Star Systems Loft, 24 Thayer St. in Boston (357-9727). With roles reversed, Salome is male, King Herod s female and Herodias a […]
More1977: Transgenderal = Transsexual
We note the special case of “transsexuals,” a term which interestingly enough is being shifted to “transgenderal” in that literature. This citation references the following sentence: Sex is the biological dichotomy between female and male, chromosomally determine and for the most part, unalterable. [5] NOTES: Toward a Sociological Theory of Gender and Sex Author(s): Meredith Gould Reviewed work(s):Source: The American Sociologist, […]
More1975: Transgenderism = Umbrella Term
Transgenderism Series The Salmacis Society is sponsoring a series of eight meetings on transgenderism beginning on May 15 and continuing every other Thursday t through August 21. They will be held in conjunction with the Transexual Counselling Clinic and the Northeast Clinic of San Francisco. Admission is $1 for each session (They will be held […]
MoreTS Separatism: 1994 & 2002
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 […]
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