Transgender History Timeline
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
These entries begin to provide a chronological reference to transgender history in the United States. Sometimes the reference is central, sometimes minor but useful to those interested in this subject. Also: search for additional "transgender" references on OutHistory.org.
1782-1797
Deborah Sampson: "Animal love, on her part, was out of the question," 1782-1797
1890-1962
Alberta Lucille Hart/Alan L. Hart: October 4, 1890-July 1, 1962
1894, January 18
Badger State Banner: Anna Morris/Frank Blunt and Gertrude Field, January 18, 1894
1902, November
Alienist and Neurologist: "Marriages Between Women," November 1902
1914, May 15-16
Day Book: Cora Anderson/Ralph Kerwinieo, May 15-16, 1914
1936
Alan Hart: "The Undaunted," 1936
1958
Barbara Gittings: Founding New York Daughters of Bilitis, 1958
1962-1972
Alma Routsong: "Patience and Sarah," 1962-1972
1981
1996, March 1
Stryker, Susan, and Jim Van Buskirk. Gay By The Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area. Paperback: 176 pages. Publisher: Chronicle Books (March 1, 1996). ISBN-10: 0811811875. ISBN-13: 978-0811811873
1998
Dreger, Alice Domurat. Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex (Harvard University Press, 1998).
2000, June-2002, April
Pauline Park: "Campaign for a Transgender Rights Law," NYC, June 2000-April 2002
2001
Kates, Gary. Monsieur d'Eon is a Woman* (JHU Press 2001).
2005
Victor Silverman and Susan Stryker, Directors: "Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria"
2008
Stryker, Susan. "Transgender History" (2008).
- American transgender history from mid-twentieth century to present.
2012
Mak, Geertje. Doubting Sex. Inscriptions, bodies and selves in nineteenth-century hermaphrodite case histories (Manchester University Press, 2012).
- See: http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9780719086908
- Discusses many primary sources as well as the historical work done by Dreger, Thomas Laqueur (Making Sex), and Elizabeth Reis (Bodies in Doubt).
