Transgender: Some Cultural Context

[Shana A]

Transgender: Some Cultural Context

http://www.cristanwilliams.com/b/2011/07/10/transgender-some-cultural-context/

In a previous article, I wrote about how the non-trans community used the term "transgender" in the 1970s and 80s. In 1975 the term was used to describe the rock star Alice Cooper and the need for gender-neutral pronouns. Today I wanted to add a few more articles I've come across to illuminate how the non-trans, non-psych and non-medical community worked with this term in the 1970s and 80s.

While I think it is important to look at how the (to use the 1970s taxonomy) "gender community" used the term, I think it is also important to check how the non-gender community/non-psychiatric community used the term. As I said in an earlier post:

    Virginia Prince may have coined the term, but our American culture defined it.

Consider  how the TV Guide chose to apply this term in 1970: