Transgender activist and TED Resident Samy Nour Younes shares the remarkable, centuries-old history of the trans community.
https://www.ted.com/talks/samy_nour_younes_a_short_history_of_trans_people_s_long_fight_for_equality #TED #Transgenderl #LGBTQ #History #TransHistory #Identity #Equality
The Public Universal Friend was a Christian preacher in the late 1700s and part of the “First Great Awakening” religious movement in the United States.
After surviving a fever, the Friend, a former Quaker, began identifying as both male and female, and amassed a following throughout New England and the Mid-Atlantic regions of the US. They preached sexual abstinence, the abolition of slavery and gender equality, and convinced several slave owners to free their slaves.
#TransDayOfVisibility #RedPill #transhistory #nonbinaryhistory
Not much is known about Mother George, a #black and #indigenous #transgender woman who was an early settler of the Grays Lake area of #idaho
She was known to be a midwife who delivered over 1000 babies in the mid to late 1800s.
After her death, her #trans status was discovered.
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https://www.madewithlev.com/trailblazing-woman-mother-george/
@rogerparkinson #Trans people.exosted even in prehistoric times.
The #Nazis were just efficient at #democide and #genocide against them...
"Girl and Pug in an Automobile," Gerda Wegener, 1927.
Wegener (1885-1940) is someone I've featured before, but she's always worth featuring. I love this Art Deco painting, which on the surface is mild and inocuous...a woman and her dog in a car, on what seems to be an early spring day. What could be more everyday?
All is not what it appears. The woman is Lili Ilse Elvenes, aka Lili Elbe, Wegener's partner, who was trans and one of the earliest known successful recipients of gender-affirming surgery, in 1930. However, for a couple of decades Wegener had been painting haunting portraits of a sexy, almond-eyed femme fatale...and it was a bit of scandal when it emerged in 1913 that this gorgeous woman was assigned male at birth.
Elbe sadly passed away in 1931, from complications of an attempt to transplant a uterus into her body. Wegener remarried briefly, and her painting style fell out of fashion. She died poor and half-forgotten, but her work has been rediscovered and acclaimed.
From a private collection.
Self-determination for trans people is nothing new. Sir Ewan Forbes changed the sex on his birth certificate in the 1940s, announced his new name in the newspaper and legally married his wife. His cousin challenged the change for reasons of inheritance, but the judge ruled in Ewan’s favour.
If you want to know more about Ewan, there's a great book about him: The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes by Zoë Playdon.
Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy (otherwise known as Coccinelle) was a French entertainer and activist. She began hormone treatment in 1952 and was one of the first people to undergo gender confirming surgery. Her marriage set the precedent that allowed trans people in France to legally marry.
Find out more about Coccinelle and other awesome trans women from history at: https://www.autostraddle.com/10-lesser-known-trans-women-pioneers-from-history-316582/
Jazzie Collins was a Black, trans, HIV+ woman. Her campaigning and organizing highlights the way in which so many of our struggles are linked. Jazzie campaigned on economic inequality, housing issues, disability rights and trans rights.
Read more about Jazzie: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/jazzie-collins-s-f-transgender-activist-dies-4663968.php
You don't need us to tell you that trans, non-binary and gender nonconforming people have always been around. However, did you know that the ancient Mesopotamians believed in a deity with the power to change someone's gender? Her name was Innana and her priests and followers were known for their rejection of gender binaries.
#TransHistory #LGBTHM (nearly) #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #Trans #Nonbinary
Yes we know it's not quite February, but we love our history Thursdays here at TransActual.
If you've not heard of Lou Sullivan, look him up. He was a gay, HIV positive, trans man and he did a huge amount for our community in the US and beyond. Lou lobbied for gay, trans men to be given access to medical transition. He was visible so that other gay, trans men could see that they weren’t alone.
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It's nearly LGBT History Month, but at TransActual we love our history so we're getting started early!
First a film star:
Hanan El Tawil was an Egyptian actress and is thought to be the first openly trans Arab woman to be in films and TV.
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History tells us that trans people have always been around. St Marinos was a monk living in the medieval era. He was ejected from his monastery because he was thought to have got one of the local girls pregnant. However, he was later allowed to return to live in the monastery. When Marinos died, the other monks were surprised to discover that he had a vagina rather than a penis.
Trans men are not a modern phenomenon. Laurence Michael Dillon, born in 1915, was the first transgender man ever to undergo a phalloplasty.
(Accessibility: Picture of Laurence Dillion in Black & White. Text says: Trans men are not a modern phenomenon. Laurence Michael Dillon, born in 1915, was the first transgender man ever to undergo a phalloplasty.)
Monica Helms designed the trans flag we use today in 1999 and its Pride debut was at a Pride event in Phoenix, Arizona in 2000. According to Monica, the pattern "is such that no matter which way you fly it, it will always be correct. This symbolizes us trying to find correctness in our own lives.”
Bobbie Lea Bennett campaigned for access to transition related surgery in the US to be covered by Medicare. Her campaign forced Medicare officials to recognize transition related surgeries as essential. Bobbie was also a disability rights campaigner.
“We have to be visible. We should not be ashamed of who we are. There are many of us out there.” Sylvia Rivera
Jazzie Collins was a Black, trans, HIV+ woman. Her campaigning and organizing highlights the way in which so many of our struggles are linked. Jazzie campaigned on economic inequality, housing issues, disability rights and trans rights. You can read more here: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/jazzie-collins-s-f-transgender-activist-dies-4663968.php
Jim McHarris was born in 1924 and socially transitioned in his early teens. He moved around a lot, but then decided to settle in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Unfortunately, other residents of the town soon discovered Jim’s gender history and he moved on once again.
Jazzie Collins was a Black, trans, HIV+ woman. Her campaigning and organizing highlights the way in which so many of our struggles are linked. Jazzie campaigned on economic inequality, housing issues, disability rights and trans rights.
The Notorious Kyo 
