Trans & Intersex Sportspersons 2016
IAAF ruled that there to be no no restrictions on trans men in men's activities; surgery no longer required for trans women, but must demonstrate that testosterone level below 10 nanomoles per litre...
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2016 Obituaries
Dianne Boileau (1930 -2014) secretary, first surgical transsexual in Canada, first patient at Clarke Institute Gender Clinic.Michael Seghers (1932 – 2014) sex-change surgeon, Brussels. Over 1600 mtf...
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Bernard S. Talmey (1862 - 1926) gynecologist, sexologist–part 1.
Bernard Talmud (later Talmey) was raised in Poland and Germany and graduated in medicine at the University of Munich in 1892, as did his brother Max Talmey (1868 – 1941) two years later. Max acted as...
View ArticleBernard S Talmey. Part II. Gender Variance in Love, A Treatise.
Continued from Part I. Bernard Talmey’s major work is Love, a Treatise on the Science of Sex-Attraction: For the Use of Physicians and Students of Medical Jurisprudence published in 1915.We will start...
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Transgender lexicons: Raphael Carter
Raphael Carter. The Angel’s Dictionary.http://practicalandrogyny.com/raq/angels.shtml. Last modified July 1996.Transgender lexicons: Virginia PrinceRaven UsherChris BartlettJack MolayRaphael Carter...
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Terre Thaemlitz (1968 - ) musician, DJ.
Originally from Missouri, where his first social musical experiences were at roller-discos, Terre moved to New York at the end of the 1980s to study fine art, and became a DJ immersed in the queer...
View ArticleA village on the Loire, 1950.
SC, a "faithful" reader, has pointed out a passing reference inSimone de Beauvoir (ed. Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir): A Transatlantic Love Affair: Letters to Nelson Algren. The New Press, 1998: 379.On 15...
View Article[Tr]an[s]tiquity – a session at the 2017 Society for Classical Studies Annual...
The Society for Classical Studies (previously the American Philological Association) held its 2017 meeting in Toronto 5-8 January. On Sunday, the last day, there was a session, [Tr]an[s]tiquity. Which...
View ArticleChelsea Manning - a true hero
Why the wait of four months before release? Does this give time for the new regime to reverse it?
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J.W. (1883 - ?) fairy sex worker, New York 1906
J.W. was born in Brooklyn, NY, and, after the parents died, was raised by a guardian in Pennsylvania. J.W. had pierced ears by age 14. J.W. could sing soprano well, but could not whistle, and was said...
View ArticleH.H. (185? - ?) musician, circus performer
From 1899 to 1923 Magnus Hirschfeld was editor of the Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen. In 1901, volume 3, he published "Vom Weibmann auf der Bühne" (Women-man on the stage), by Dr W.S.*, a...
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Some recurring untruths in trans history: Hirschfeld as trans
“The story’s told/ With facts and lies”. Leonard Cohen. Nevermind– theme song to True Detective. This is a new series analysing repeated untruths, canards, lies and misinformation with regard to trans...
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Mina Caputo (1973 - ) musician
Keith Caputo grew up in Brooklyn, NY. Mother OD’ed at age 20. Father was a drug dealer, in and out of prison, a tattoo artist, and able to rebuild old cars. Caputo was mainly raised by his paternal...
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Nina Arsenault (1975–) sex worker, performer, journalist
Rodney Arsenault was raised in a trailer park in Beamesville, Ontario, where he identified with beautiful women. He gained two masters degrees and became an instructor in acting at Toronto’s York...
View ArticleVictor Barker (1895 -1960) part I: origins
Part I: originsPart II: infamyPart III: aftermathJames Barker was a prosperous businessman in Oldham, Lancashire. His son Thomas (1857 – 1918) became an architect in Brighton, Sussex. In 1887 he wed...
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Victor Barker: Part II - husband, actor, manager
Part I: origins: daughter, wife, motherPart II: husband, actor, managerPart III: trial & infamyPart IV: aftermathSir Victor Barker DSO settled in at the Grand Hotel, Brighton. He visited a...
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Victor Barker: Part III - the trial
Part I: origins: daughter, wife, motherPart II: husband, actor, managerPart III: the trialPart IV: reactions, and afterwardsVictor Barker did not pay much attention to an obscenity trial that took...
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Victor Barker: Part IV - Reactions and afterwards
Part I: origins: daughter, wife, motherPart II: husband, actor, managerPart III: the trialPart IV: reactions, and afterwardsReactionsJohn Radclyffe Hall, in the doldrums after her novel, The Well of...
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13 trans persons in New Zealand/Aotearoa who changed things by example and/or...
Physicians:Harold Gillies (1882 – 1960) from Dunedin, New Zealand. Organized and performed plastic surgery for Allied troops in WWI and WWII. Performed pioneering transgender surgery on Michael Dillon...
View ArticleCamille Bertin (18?? – 1937) of independent means
In 1897, Camille Bertin, “of independent means” arrived in Juan-les-Pins, on the Côte d'Azur between Nice and Cannes. He was accompanied by Hilda Scott, his fiancée, whom he had met in London. Hilda...
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