Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Who Was The First African-American Transwoman?
Posted by Monica Roberts at 10:30 PM
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/05/who-was-first-african-american.html (http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/05/who-was-first-african-american.html)
In 1906 Kelly Miller stated, "All great people glorify their history and look back upon their early attainments with a spiritual vision."
Because the half century of transgender history so far has been predominately written by people who don't share my ethnic heritage, it has only covered one facet of the story.
We know for example that Lili Elbe was the first person to undergo gender transition in the 1930's, that Christine Jorgensen in 1953 was the first post-war one that garnered huge media attention, and about the exploits of other transwomen from Coccinelle to Renee Richards to Dana International.