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History Repeating Itself: We’ve Been Here Before

Started by Shana A, July 18, 2011, 12:32:11 PM

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Shana A

July 18, 2011, 12:32:11 PM
History Repeating Itself: We've Been Here Before
Sunday, July 17, 2011

http://www.cristanwilliams.com/b/2011/07/17/history-repeating-itself-weve-been-here-before/

Over the past few weeks, I've published a number of historical records that seem to indicate that some of the discussions concerning  the historical pedigree of the term 'transgender' aren't 100% accurate. Another thing that I've discovered recently is that the drama surrounding our terminology within the trans community seems to be nothing new. Consider the following piece from a trans magazine dated about 30 years ago:

    history2'->-bleeped-<-/Transsexual (TV/TS) Community' includes everyone who identifies with any of the following words: '->-bleeped-<-', 'cross-dresser', 'transgender', 'transsexual', 'drag queen', 'femiphile', or 'androgyne'. It is an identifiable group of people within society as a whole.

    Because of the great amounts of heartburn some people have with the word '->-bleeped-<-', there is a movement afoot to replace 'TV/TS' with 'CD/TS/AN'.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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