by Susan Stryker.
http://www.eqfl.org/pdfs/enda/HistoryLessons.pdf
"1. Transgender is not a recent fad; Anti-transgender discrimination is not new.
In the United States, cities all across the country started passing ordinances against crossdressing
beginning in the 1840s. That's not a typo. The 1840s. A common phrase in these
laws made it a crime for a man or a woman to appear in public "in a dress not belonging
to his or her sex."
2. Why were so many nineteenth-century cities making it illegal to cross-dress?
Good question. Must be because a lot of people were doing it."
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Great talking points!
Karen
Karen,
Thanks for posting this, everyone should read it!!
zythyra
In the nineteenth century, the majority of them were women dressing in men's clothes. This is the opposite of the twentieth century.
Quote from: Lisbeth on October 29, 2007, 03:39:35 PM
In the nineteenth century, the majority of them were women dressing in men's clothes. This is the opposite of the twentieth century.
Frederic Chopin had a romance with one George Sand who was a cross-dressing woman.
Wing Walker
Quote from: Wing Walker on November 08, 2007, 09:14:20 PM
Frederic Chopin had a romance with one George Sand who was a cross-dressing woman.
I've always been fascinated about their relationship, looking at it through my 21st century lenses, it seems to be very queer or trans.
zythyra