An Intro: “Transgender” During the 1990s

[Shana A]

An Intro: "Transgender" During the 1990s
Posted by Cristan on September 8, 2011

http://www.cristanwilliams.com/b/2011/09/08/an-intro-transgender-during-the-1990s/

For the past few months, I've made available a number of never-before-considered documents that reviewed the true roots of the word "transgender".

The Myth

The term "transgender" was coined by a heterosexual crossdresser chauvinist who hated transsexual people, Virginia Prince. The term was explicitly created to refer to other heterosexual crossdressers like Prince.

[SandraJane]

The Transadvocate

An Intro: "Transgender" During the 1990s

Retrieved from the Internet on September 10, 2011 by SJ



http://www.transadvocate.com/an-intro-transgender-during-the-1990s.htm

For the past few months, I've made available a number of never-before-considered documents that reviewed the true roots of the word "transgender".

The Myth

The term "transgender" was coined by a heterosexual crossdresser chauvinist who hated transsexual people, Virginia Prince. The term was explicitly created to refer to other heterosexual crossdressers like Prince. Therefore, if you refer to a transsexual person as being a "transgender" person, you are literally calling that transsexual person a crossdresser – which is offensive!

[Cindy]

Strange that.

In the 50-60's if 'men' wore female clothes they were cross dresses or ->-bleeped-<-s. If 'they' wanted to change 'sex' they were transsexual. Which I think was how woman who had undergone surgery were referred to. I never realised TG was supposed to be insulting. I thought it was to clarify,Oh well.

I do see an increasing use in medical terms of XY-female and XX-male. Which to me is more logical.

Cindy an Xy-female

[justmeinoz]

And what is supposed to be derogatory about Prince? One of the few men I might go straight for! #2 after Sean Connery of course!

[Cindy]

Daniel Craig?

[annette]

Hugh Grant, George Clooney, Pierce Brosnan?

[cynthialee]

Suzan is the revisonist, not Christan.

just sayin'

[cynthialee]