Why It’s ‘Transgender’ Not ‘Transgendered’
K.J. Rawson on NPR talking about the history of trans terminology:
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1975: 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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1973: Transvestite & Transsexual Activism
Did you catch that inclusivity? If you didn’t let me quote the words written by a transsexual woman: “By the time you read this letter, cross-dressing should be legal in the City of Detroit. I, along with another transsexual and a transvestite, decided to do something about the law in Detroit.”
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1970: Transgendered
[R]aquel Welch (left), moviedom’s sex queen soon to be seen as the heroine/hero of Gore Vidal’s transgendered “Myra Breckinridge”… -TV Guide, Sunday, April 26, 1970
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