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Trangender
Trangender roles have changed a little bit from early america to being more acceptable but still not completely. There have been many contributor to making transgender people more acceptable. -
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Magnus Hirschfeld
Magnus Hirschfeld was considered to be the father of trangenderism. He published Die Transvestitenin coining the word transvestism, however many of the biographies in the publication would today be described as transsexual. His role helped people to understand the subject more (Magnus Hirschfeld). -
Transvestities: The Erotic Drive to Cross-Dress
“The more we delve into the essence of personality, the more we learn that in this world, certainly rich with natural beauty and things worthy of seeing, nothing is more attractive and worthier of knowing and experiencing than people.” a quote from his book where he explains that nothing is more aspiring than human and the way they are as to how much people vary (Hirschfeld, 1991). -
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WWI and transvestities
During WWI transvestities were being regularly accused of being spies or cowards, and executed. There was a much dislike to these kind of people. -
Earl Lind/ Jennie June's books
This person wrote two books "the autobiography of an Androgynous" and later in 1922, "the female impersonators," and both of theses provided first person recalls her experience of being a transgender woman. Which helped people understand and possibly simplicities to that subject (Outhistory.org). -
The stonewall riots
Transgender people were regularly subject to police harassment and arrested for the crime of "female impersonation." Patrons of a local inn in Greenwich Village riot when police officers attempt to raid a popular gay bar. Led to a three-day riot and thousands of protestors joining the movement. Often awknoledged to be the birth of the modern LGBT movement (Pasulka , 2015). -
N. Y. Supreme Court rules in favor of Renee Richards' rights to play tennis as a women
Trans woman Renee Richards was denied admissions to the US open tennis tournament. Following, she obtained a court order allowing her to play professional tennis as a woman but that took her over a year and hard work (Hainey, 2015). -
First transgender day of remembrance
The first celebration of the annual observance to honor the memory of those who lost their lives in act of anti-transgender violence. Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender advocate, started TDOR to honor Rita Hester, a transgender woman killed in 1998 due to anti-transgeder bigotry (CLAAD, 2012). -
The transgender law center founded
The Transgender Law Center began its work to enact change, law, policy, and societal perceptions of the trans community. They envision "a future where gender self-determination and authentic expression are seen as basic rights and matters of common human dignity (Bermudez)." -
Stu Rasmussen
Stu Rasmussen becames mayor of Silverton, Oregon and the country's first openly transgender mayor (Rasmussen). -
transgender today
In the past there have been events, people, or actions that have helped changed the view of transgender people. They can now be in the public eyes unlike in early America where it was hidden and punished. Even though there are still people that disagree with that way people chose to identify them but they aren't getting beating or even killed anymore and have a support system for themselves. -
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