Lost transgender memoir from 1921 discovered by Drexel researcher
October 13, 2010
http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-10-lost-transgender-memoir-1921-drexel.htmlDr. Randall Sell, a professor at the Drexel University School of Public Health and director of the LGBT Health Program, announced today that he has discovered significant parts of the long lost third volume of memoirs, entitled "Riddle of the Underworld," from 1921 by the pseudonymous Earl Lind. With the recent suicides in the LGBT community, the timing of the finding is heightened by Lind's explicit and emphatic pleas for adults to support "sexual and gender non-conformists" to prevent their suicide.
"Nearly a century ago this author spoke out, urging adults to support young people who display signs of sexual and gender non-conformity, to prevent those youths' distress and suicide," said Sell, who is a renowned researcher on LGBT health and founder of
http://www.gaydata.org. "Suicide is a public health concern. While Lind's memoirs show that we keep repeating our mistakes, they can also serve as guiding light to recognize the needs of society's diverse communities and help prevent suicides."
