Some claim that the reason transsexual people have not yet gained full equality under the law is that there exists a word that is inclusive of both transsexuals with crossdressers: “transgender”. In their minds, it is this tangential connection to the crossdresser – not the oppressive system – that’s the problem. How rooted in the […]
The Circleville Herald, July 11, 1934: Sex Change for Youth Turned Down By Parents ST. CLAIRSVILLE, July 11 — Parents of Glen and John Deltrich, 16 and 17-year-old brothers, who are expected to die within a year because of a strange paralysis which strikes only male members of the family, today refused to allow their […]
The Charleston Daily Mail, Nov. 3, 1933: “Sex Change Possible, Physician Maintains” OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 3 (UP). — A man may “turn into a woman,” just as a California girl has assumed some of the physical characteristics of a man. Dr. Herbert M. Evans, professor of anatomy at University of California, said today. “Our experiments […]
The caption of the photo of Star (pictured left) states: Carl Hammons, 42, a dancer and hypnotist, who underwent a series of sex-change operations, has filed suit in Chicago Superior Court to change her name to Hedy Jo Star. Doctors started the series of operations on Hammons when he [sic] was 18 years old. – […]
As many of you know by now, I’ve recently been interested in uncovering never before considered historical records relating to how the term “transgender” evolved over the years. One often-cited source, claims: As far as we can see, Virginia first used the term ‘transgenderal’ in print in 1969. She does not seem to have used […]
