A group of 7 people posing in the middle of a street in fashionable outfits. One of them is Kewpie, a coloured trans woman, wearing a red chiffon headscarf, a light-blue shirt with sleeves rolled up, and royal blue pants. She is posing with one arm around the should of the person next to her, and a ponted foot propped on the shoulder of the person in front of her, and staring directly at the camera.

Portrait of Kewpie, a coloured trans woman on a Cape Town street in the 1960s. She is wearing a fur hat, a striped blazer, and a collared shirt. She is looking into the camera.

Kewpie, a coloured trans woman, wearing a Marie Antoinette costume, featuring a wide ball gown, black gloves, and a feathered headpiece. Her friend Sodia stands next to her in a similar outfit. Kewpie is smiling and offering her hand to someone out of frame.

“I’m naturally, naturally born Kewpie. The gay. The lady. The woman. The sister.”
Some of our fave photos of South African hairdresser and performer, Kewpie.
We learnt so much not just about Kewpie, but about the queer coloured community in Cape Town, while making our podcast on her! ❤️
#transhistory

On this day in queer history: 12 April 2013

Navy veteran Autumn Sandeen receives official recognition of her gender as female in military records—a milestone for transgender inclusion.

#QueerHistory #TransRights #TransHistory #USnavy

Black and white photo of Max Wolf Valerio in the 90s. A handsome, long-haired man in black shirt and black jeans leans against a wall, arms folded, looking to thr right as if watching something

#1TransManADay 🏳️‍⚧️Day 79
Max Wolf Valerio (b1957)
American poet, memoir writer, essayist & actor of Hispano & Blackfoot/Kainai descent.
One of a group of US trans male activists who pushed against trans male erasure throughout the 1990s & 2000s.
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#TransMen #TransMaleVisibility #LGBTQ+ #TransHistory

Pictured: colored photo of twelve people posed on a stage. Eleven people wear wigs and dresses, ranging from sleek evening wear with gloves to a pink feathered gown and headpiece. One person wears a striped suit jacket and bowtie. Half of the performers are standing, the other half sitting before them, and almost all smile towards the camera.

Group photo of performers at Finocchio’s in San Francisco, a nightclub renowned for its professional cast of female impersonators (c. 1960).
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#TransHistory #TransIsBeautiful #DTA

Good times:)

#transhistory

She left us a remarkable collection, an astounding 39 photo albums with hundreds of photos. There is even VHS video. It is a testament to a life lived entirely on her own terms. To the very end. #InternationalRomaniDay #trans #transhistory

Pictured: black and white close-up photo of Vaunessa, turned to the side and applying lipstick with her mouth opened. The article’s title, “Hanging with a queen,” is printed in white in the center of the page. “The Boston Phoenix - Section Two - December 1,1995” is printed above the image and “By Sarah Lewine” is printed below.

Cover photo for interview with drag queen Vaunessa Vale, discussing gender identity, beauty rituals, and the Boston drag scene (1995).
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#TransHistory #TransIsBeautiful #DTA

Green square featuring a cartoon man smiling. Text at the top reads "People of Pride Vol II #1 - JOSEPH ISRAEL LOBDELL - 1829-1912. Text boxes around the picture read: - Charged with "impersonating a man" in 1858, but the judge threw out his case after determining it wasn't a real crime -One of the earliest recorded transgender men -Married a woman in a "Public lesbian display" that was reported on by the New York Times -Paid for his schooling by becoming the most recognized marksman in New York -Author of an autobiography that is hailed as a feminist manifesto, arguing for equal pay and opportunities for women in 1855

#1TransManADay 🏳️‍⚧️Day 74
Joseph "Joe" Israel Lobdell (1829–1912)
US hunter & memoirist whose medical case study is seen as 1st in US "to describe a person who would today be understood as transgender".
He often suffered negative media attention.
His transness was treated as insanity.
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#TransHistory

Ambrose saw the church as Christ’s bride because “God alone is the husband of the Church, He is the expectation of the nations, & the prophets removed their sandals while offering to Him a union of nuptial grace”—intercourse in marriage. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #TransHistory

#1TransManADay 🏳️‍⚧️Day 72
James "Jim" McHarris (b1924)
Black working-class US trans man born in Mississippi who continued to live as a man despite arrest & public outing.
#TransMenOfColour #BlackTransMen #TransMaleVisibility #TransHistory
YT vid of his life here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTpx...
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We'wha seated on the floor weaving a traditional belt using a backstrap loom in a simple indoor setting.

A death which caused universal regret and distress in Zuni was that of We'wha, undoubtedly the most remarkable member of the tribe. This person was a man wearing woman's dress, and so carefully was his sex concealed that for years the writer believed him to be a woman. Some declared him to be an hermaphrodite, but the writer gave no credence to the story, and continued to regard We’wha as a woman and as he was always referred to by the tribe as “she”--it being their custom to speak of men who don woman’s dress as if they were women--and as the writer could never think of her faithful and devoted friend in any other light, she will continue to use the feminine gender when referring to We'wha. She was perhaps the tallest person in Zuni certainly the strongest, both mentally and physically. Her skin was much like that of the Chinese in color, many of the Zunis having this complexion. During six months' stay in Washington he became several shades lighter. She had a good memory, not only for the lore of her people, but for all that she heard of the outside world. She spoke only a few words of English before coming to Washington, but acquired the language with remarkable rapidity, and was soon able to join in conversation. She possesses an indomitable will and an insatiable thirst for knowledge. Her likes and dislikes were intense. She would risk anything to serve those she loved, but

"[We'wha] was a man wearing woman's dress, and so carefully was his sex concealed that for years the writer believed him to be a woman...and continued to regard We’wha as a woman and as he was always referred to by the tribe as 'she'"

#QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #lgbthistory #TransHistory

Pictured: black and white photo of Lou Sullivan (right) hugging companion and holding a piece of paper. Lou wears a dark suit jacket, and the companion wears a plaid shirt and light-colored pants.

Happy Transgender Day of Visibility! Photo of Lou Sullivan hugging companion at a tribute luncheon hosted by Educational Transvestite Channel (1990).
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#TransHistory #TransDayofVisibility #TDOV

Aleksandr Aleksandrov: New Sources in Nineteenth-Century Russian Trans Life-Writing Aleksandr Aleksandrov (1783-1866) was a Russian-Ukrainian hero of the Napoleonic wars and a celebrated trans author.

This Trans Day of Visibility, we invite you to revisit this fascinating 2024 article by Margarita Vaysman about Trans life in Russia:

Aleksandr Aleksandrov: New Sources in Nineteenth-Century Russian Trans Life-Writing

Link: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4H0

#RussianHistory #TransHistory #TDOV #NOTCHESBlog

Can we exorcise these ghosts? Understanding our #HistSex can, by answering an important question: Where do the ghosts that haunt our #SexualPleasure come from? Blog7 HowSexGotScrewedUp.com answers that question. #IntersexAwareness #QueerHistory #TransHistory #WmnHist #zoophilia

As the text's student says above: "Turns out people have always been complicated, gender has always been complicated, and if you fail to recognise that, you find yourself in the uncomfortable position of being less accepting than Lucian, a man from the 2nd century AD."
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#TransRights #TransHistory

Text says: In 1776 the Public Universal Friend announced their new name and that they were neither male nor female. This came after a spiritual awakening which led them to become a preacher. A portrait of Public Universal Friend, who has short hair at the top and ringlets at the back and is wearing a white shirt and cloak plus a loose white scarf.

In 1776 Public Universal Friend announced their new name and that they were neither male nor female. This came after a spiritual awakening which led them to become a preacher.

#Trans #Transgender #NonBinary #TransRights #TransHistory #LGBTQI #LGBTQ #LGBTI #LGBT #Queer

Robert Eads - a thin, blond-haired man in a blue shirt with a silver cross pendant visible over the top stands in a room, flipping through what looks like a roll of addresses or phone numbers. He looks across the room, as if at someone else sitting there

Eads sought emergency treatment, receiving a devastating diagnosis of ovarian cancer.

More than a dozen different doctors refused to medically treat him, on the grounds that taking him as a patient might harm their practice.

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#TransLivesMatter #TransHistory #TransMaleVisibility #OvarianCancer

Whatever caused it, softness in a man was a vice. It resulted from a lack of virility & self-control. Rome stigmatized effeminacy in the same way that it generally hated women. Pace #Foucault! HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GenderHistory #HistSex #QueerHistory #TransHistory

Pictured: colored photo of three people singing and dancing atop a parade float with “Miller Genuine Draft” branding on the side. The three each wear costumes with green bodices, gold skirts, teal blue tulle, and green boas. They stand behind three individual microphones with their mouths open, turned to the side with one arm raised behind them and one foot extended forward.

Photo of the “Fabulous Foxes,” members of Educational Transvestite Channel (ETVC), performing at San Francisco Gay Freedom Day (1992).
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#TransHistory #TransIsBeautiful #DTA #WomensHistoryMonth

Pictured: colored photo of two people sitting on an orange couch in front of a brick background. Susan wears a black shirt and white pants, turned towards Tamara with her face obstructed by her hair. Tamara wears a red shirt, black framed glasses, and a brown bandana around her neck. She is sitting with her torso turned towards Susan and her arm resting on the back of the couch.

Clip from Susan Stryker’s interview with Tamara Ching, a trans woman describing her experiences as a sex worker in the Tenderloin (2001).
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#TransHistory #DTA #WomensHistoryMonth

A real #Trans story from the 1700s!

This isn’t new… it’s just hidden.

A real story from the 1700s that most people never hear about.

Did you know this?

#transhistory #lgbtqhistory #transgender #lgbt #LearnOnBlueSky #transrights #lgbtq

Pictured: black and white photo of Christine wearing a white dress with flowers and ribbons on the shoulder, white gloves, and a black coat hanging on her arm.She holds a satin purse and smiles.

Photo of Christine Jorgensen at an award ceremony for Woman of the Year, bestowed upon her by the Scandinavian Societies of Greater New York (1953).
For more info about this item, please visit the DTA via the link in our story/bio. Image courtesy of Transas City.
#TransHistory #WomensHistoryMonth

A vintage portrait of an elderly person with long, light hair, wearing a dark dress and a pearl necklace, framed by an ornate background.

🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Figure — Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (March 18, 1928)

Happy Birthday to Charlotte von Mahlsdorf 🏳️‍⚧️
Trans icon, history keeper, & survivor of Nazi Germany she built safe queer spaces when the world said no.

That’s legacy.

#QueerHistory #TransHistory #QueerLegacy

DYK many of the all-male actors in #Kabuki lived their lives as women? Many were mistresses to men. Why is it so dangerous to be a #transwoman today? Ghosts of #GenderHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #CrossDress #QueerHistory #trans #transhistory

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ find:

A comic from "Tapestry Magazine,” issue 55 (1990). An individual is illustrated, shown to be thinking, “Oh my god! I think I’m becoming the man I wanted to marry!”

#transhistory #uvic #transgenderarchives

Pictured: colored photo of Felicia wearing a red sequined gown, red feather boa, white jewelry, and a blonde wig. She stands in a dark room with a black curtain, smiling with her mouth open.

Photo of Felicia Elizondo, Chicana trans woman and drag queen associated with San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood (1990).
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#TransHistory #DTA #WomensHistoryMonth