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Innana was an important deity for the ancient Mesopotamians. They believed she had the power to change someone’s gender. Her priests and followers were known for their rejection of gender binaries.
Jazzie Collins was a Black, trans, HIV+ woman. Her campaigning and organizing highlights the way in which so many of our struggles are linked. Jazzie campaigned on economic inequality, housing issues, disability rights and trans rights.
April Ashley MBE first found fame as a model and actress. However, after press outed her as transgender, she never modelled in the UK again. Not only was April one of the first trans people to undergo gender confirming surgery, her 1971 divorce set a legal precedent regarding trans people’s gender recognition. This precedent stood until 2004, when the UK’s current Gender Recognition Act was introduced.
Transgender activist and TED Resident Samy Nour Younes shares the remarkable, centuries-old history of the trans community.
https://www.ted.com/talks/samy_nour_younes_a_short_history_of_trans_people_s_long_fight_for_equality #TED #Transgenderl #LGBTQ #History #TransHistory #Identity #Equality
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Rudradeva Maharaja was a warrior and a prominent ruler of the Kakatiya dynasty from 13th century #India. Rudradeva was born female, but legally changed their gender to “male” as part of their ascension to the throne.
It is not known to me whether this was purely a political matter or if Rudraeva would have considered themself #trans masculine by today’s definitions, but they wore male attire for the rest of their reign as ruler.
While in charge, Rudradeva implemented reforms allowing for more mobility within India’s caste system.
Military WikiRudrama DeviRani Rudrama Devi (1259−1289AD) was one of the most prominent rulers of the Kakatiya dynasty on the Deccan Plateau, being one of the few ruling queens in Indian history. She was born, as Rudramba, to King Ganapathideva (or Ganapatideva, or Ganapathi Devudu), who ruled at Warangal the capital of Kakateeya Dynasty that had sway over entire Telangana (Andhra Pradesh State) and most of the Andhra provinces during 13th century. Rudramma was formally designated as a son through the ancient Putrika cer
Danielle Bunten-Berry is one of the most influential game designers you've never heard of. Her work on early multiplayer computer games, including M.U.L.E., Wheeler Dealers, and Modem Wars, made a huge mark on the computer multiplayer scene. She was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame, and The Sims is dedicated to her memory.
"No one ever said on their deathbed, ‘Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer.'"
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The Public Universal Friend was a Christian preacher in the late 1700s and part of the “First Great Awakening” religious movement in the United States.
After surviving a fever, the Friend, a former Quaker, began identifying as both male and female, and amassed a following throughout New England and the Mid-Atlantic regions of the US. They preached sexual abstinence, the abolition of slavery and gender equality, and convinced several slave owners to free their slaves.
#TransDayOfVisibility #RedPill #transhistory #nonbinaryhistory
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Not much is known about Mother George, a #black and #indigenous #transgender woman who was an early settler of the Grays Lake area of #idaho
She was known to be a midwife who delivered over 1000 babies in the mid to late 1800s.
After her death, her #trans status was discovered.
#transdayofvisibility #redpill #blackhistory #transhistory #indigenoushistory
https://www.madewithlev.com/trailblazing-woman-mother-george/
Made With Lev - All Things Made With Love By Emily Levenson · Trailblazing Woman: Mother George - Made With LevMother George was a Black Trans woman and midwife who lived in Idaho in the late 19th century. Over the course of her life, she delivered over 1,000 babies.
> Your author is really a woman whom Nature disguised as a man. - Jennie June, Autobiography of an Androgyne (published 1918)
Transphobes try to deny the reality of #trans folks. Yet we are here, and always have been.
#transhistory #books
interesting article:
"Trans people affirmed their gender without medical help in medieval Europe − history shows how identity transcends medicine and law"
The ConversationTrans people affirmed their gender without medical help in medieval Europe − history shows how identity transcends medicine and law
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@rogerparkinson #Trans people.exosted even in prehistoric times.
The #Nazis were just efficient at #democide and #genocide against them...
TwitterJessica Price on Twitter“Here's the thing: pre-Nazi Germany was GAY AS FUCK.
Homosexuality was referred to in England as "the German custom," for the French, it was the "vice allemande," and the Italians winkingly called gay people "Berlinese."
1920s and early 1930s Berlin was a gay mecca.”
YAY! We were well received last weekend at The Actors theatre in Brighton. Look out for more performances, as we may be taking it to Dublin 
Scene Magazine - From the heart of LGBTQ+ Life · REVIEW: ‘The Strange Case of Dr Dillon’ at The Actors Theatre, Brighton“Nothing in life can hurt you if you can only learn not to react.” So says Dr Michael Dillon at the opening of this heartwarming, episodic journey through the life of the first recipient of f…
"Girl and Pug in an Automobile," Gerda Wegener, 1927.
Wegener (1885-1940) is someone I've featured before, but she's always worth featuring. I love this Art Deco painting, which on the surface is mild and inocuous...a woman and her dog in a car, on what seems to be an early spring day. What could be more everyday?
All is not what it appears. The woman is Lili Ilse Elvenes, aka Lili Elbe, Wegener's partner, who was trans and one of the earliest known successful recipients of gender-affirming surgery, in 1930. However, for a couple of decades Wegener had been painting haunting portraits of a sexy, almond-eyed femme fatale...and it was a bit of scandal when it emerged in 1913 that this gorgeous woman was assigned male at birth.
Elbe sadly passed away in 1931, from complications of an attempt to transplant a uterus into her body. Wegener remarried briefly, and her painting style fell out of fashion. She died poor and half-forgotten, but her work has been rediscovered and acclaimed.
From a private collection.
@raye Similar story here. My first 3 months in San Francisco, I lived literally one block away, at 225 Taylor Street. It was incredibly routine for me to walk right past this site on my way to Market Street.
And yet, I never heard about Compton's until something close to 2 decades later. It's a real shame how that's been erased, and I'm glad that's being fixed.
Self-determination for trans people is nothing new. Sir Ewan Forbes changed the sex on his birth certificate in the 1940s, announced his new name in the newspaper and legally married his wife. His cousin challenged the change for reasons of inheritance, but the judge ruled in Ewan’s favour.
If you want to know more about Ewan, there's a great book about him: The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes by Zoë Playdon.
Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy (otherwise known as Coccinelle) was a French entertainer and activist. She began hormone treatment in 1952 and was one of the first people to undergo gender confirming surgery. Her marriage set the precedent that allowed trans people in France to legally marry.
Find out more about Coccinelle and other awesome trans women from history at: https://www.autostraddle.com/10-lesser-known-trans-women-pioneers-from-history-316582/
Jazzie Collins was a Black, trans, HIV+ woman. Her campaigning and organizing highlights the way in which so many of our struggles are linked. Jazzie campaigned on economic inequality, housing issues, disability rights and trans rights.
Read more about Jazzie: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/jazzie-collins-s-f-transgender-activist-dies-4663968.php
You don't need us to tell you that trans, non-binary and gender nonconforming people have always been around. However, did you know that the ancient Mesopotamians believed in a deity with the power to change someone's gender? Her name was Innana and her priests and followers were known for their rejection of gender binaries.
#TransHistory #LGBTHM (nearly) #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #Trans #Nonbinary
