“You’re neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad. You’re as much a part of what people call nature as anybody else; only you’re unexplained as yet — you’ve not got your niche in creation” — Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness Halls Summit, Kansas doesn’t exist anymore. But there were hundreds like it once — little […]
PRINCE FELIX YUSSUPOV : Part II: Dead Again: Rasputin “Either he’s dead or my watch has stopped.” — Groucho Marx Rasputin, The Mad Monk, is an almost surreal cult figure in his both time and our own. Revered by some as a psychic and faith healer, rumored by others to be a German spy, this […]
MURDER MOST FOUL Part I: Royal Crossdresser “The only thing new in the world is the history you don’t know.” — Harry S Truman, Plain Speaking Few events in the past 20th century were as pivotal as the Russian Revolution. It resulted in the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas and Alexandria, led to the creation of […]
“When you reach the top, keep climbing,” Zen proverb Morris had been able to call upon her friends in the media to keep her upcoming transition a secret. However, once her surgery was done, Jan Morris’ gender change made worldwide news and it’s important to remember how controversial it was at the time. Unless someone […]
“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take” – Wayne Gretzky Continuing from last month: For James Morris the conquest of Mount Everest was the journalistic triumph of a lifetime and launched his career as one of Britain’s most distinguished foreign correspondents. James went on to cover Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann’s trial […]
“Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.” James Arthur Baldwin Coronation Everest Its very name is part of our language. Being called “The Mount Everest” of something symbolizes the most daunting challenge imaginable. Remote, hostile, and cruelly rugged, Everest is the highest point on Earth and climbing it […]
Absolutely The Easiest Transgender History Quiz You’ll Ever Take! “Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t.” Peter Paul Mounds Don’t you just hate taking tough multiple choice tests? I know I do. So to make picking the correct answers these questions easier — and to have some fun — I’ve included alternate choices […]
“Where is my honorable man? Where is my prairie son? Where is my happy ending? Where have all the Cowboys gone?” “” Paula Cole Trinidad, Colorado is a historic old frontier town that’s proud of its Western heritage. “A pocket of peace, plentiful clean air, and pure Western Americana” they like to say. With access […]
“I swear this oath by Apollo Physician, by Asclepius, by Health and by all the gods and goddesses: In whatsoever place that I enter I will enter to help the sick and heal the injured — and I will do no harm.” — The Hippocratic Oath Note: For the full article please refer to Part […]
“I swear this oath by Apollo Physician, by Asclepius, by Health and by all the gods and goddesses: In whatsoever place that I enter I will enter to help the sick and heal the injured – and I will do no harm.” — The Hippocratic Oath As we saw last month John Ronald Brown was […]
“I swear this oath by Apollo Physician, by Asclepius, by Health and by all the gods and goddesses: In whatsoever place that I enter I will enter to help the sick and heal the injured – and I will do no harm.” — The Hippocratic Oath In 1973 Paul Ciotti was a junior reporter working […]
“And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance – I hope you dance” – Lee Ann Womack WHERE WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC TG EVENT? WHERE WAS THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TG EVENT? Where else? In 1974, Ariadne Kane and a hardy band of crossdressers known as The Cherrystones had just wrapped up […]
“I don’t care to belong to any club that would have me as a member” — Groucho Marx WHAT WAS THE FIRST NATIONWIDE CROSSDRESSER SUPPORT GROUP AND WHO FORMED IT? OK, for most people in the know this question definitely falls under the “no brainer” category. Still even if you already know the answer the […]
WHEN WAS THE FIRST ORGANIZED CROSSDRESSER SUPPORT GROUP? WHEN WAS THE FIRST TRANGENDERED NEWSLETTER? “The person who moves a mountain begins by carrying small stones” – Ancient Chinese Proverb OK, we’ve pretty much established that crossdressers had been meeting informally since at least the end of the 19th Century. But an organized group of these […]
In part 2 of Girls Night Out Michelle Moore introduces us to the woman who started the whole concept of support groups for crossdressers. And no, it’s not Virginia Prince. Click “more” to read… PART 2: THE QUEEN MOTHER OF ALL CROSSDRESSERS “Although I’m dressed up, out and all, Everything considered they forget my name. […]
“I’m Comin’ Up So You Better Get This Party Started” — Pink People love to think of history in terms of “firsts” — the first person to invent something, the first discovery of someplace, the first time something ever happened before. “Firsts” help give each generation its sense of place in the world — and […]
“No. Are you?” — Reputedly Marlene Dietrich’s response to a reporter asking if she was really a man. For those of you not immediately familiar with this, go ahead and Google it. We’ll wait. Welcome back. My, but this is one persistent little rumor, so let’s get straight to the facts. First we’ll examine the […]
“Abraham Lincoln Was a Woman! Shocking Pix Found in White House Basement! Was John Wilkes Booth Her Jilted Lover?” — Weekly World News, January 22, 2002 WAS HITLER INTERSEXED? Let’s face it, if you’re transgendered the last person you’d want counted among your ranks would be Adolph Hitler. Still, this theory has proven weirdly compelling […]
“A discovery has lately been made on this continent that will astonish the whole world. Our great and excellent General Washington is actually discovered to be of the female sex.” – London Daily Advertiser, January 25, 1783 DID THE NAZIS CONDUCT SEX CHANGE OPERATIONS? “Later on Janice Raymond says breathlessly, ‘We know that at least […]
Our TG historian Michelle Moore digs into the legends that revolve around the TG community. One of them is the classic, J. Edgar Hoover was a crossdresser. (For you youngsters, Hoover was the head of the FBI from the beginning of that bureau until 1972. Was he a CD? TG History will give you his dossier.
This month TG History brings you part two of the tale of Catalina de Erauso, a hard living, tough, brawling, FtM from Spain in the 1500s. Not feeling suited for life as a nun Erauso went on the lam and adopted a male life style filled with the kind of bad choices often made by […]
“You can’t make me!†There’s probably nothing in transgendered folklore that’s as provocative as the concept of forced crossdressing, especially stories about raising a young boy as a girl. On one hand, it’s a crossdressing fantasy that’s as old as, well, crossdressing. On the other hand, anything involving with the raising of children has to […]
This month TG History looks at The Boulton and Park Case. The two lads had so much fun dressed as ladies, gadding about London in the company of gentleman companions. The young lovelies had it all, simply scads of dresses, jewelry, all a popular young woman — or young man dressing as a woman — […]
