#Transgender (GLBT) Historical Society

[maryjanedoex]

Lorraine Hurdle (1922-2014) was a Black lesbian woman who served in the United States Women’s Army Corps (WAC) in Germany during World War II.

#source: Lorraine Hurdle Papers (2018-12) #courtesy of the Gay #Lesbian #Bisexual #Transgender (GLBT) Historical Society #San Francisco CA #lesbian history #lesbian archive

[sandwichsugarbong]

While there isn't a single definitive "first record" of a transgender person, various historical accounts and cultural practices provide insight into the existence of transgender individuals throughout history.

One notable example is Elagabalus, who reigned as Roman emperor from 218 to 222 AD. Elagabalus was known for defying traditional gender roles and norms, reportedly expressing a desire to be referred to and treated as a woman. Historical accounts describe Elagabalus dressing in women's clothing, wearing makeup, and even marrying men.

Beyond Elagabalus, various cultures throughout history have recognized and accepted individuals who do not conform to traditional gender roles or binary notions of gender. For example, many Indigenous cultures around the world have long recognized the existence of Two-Spirit people, who embody both masculine and feminine qualities and often hold special spiritual or societal roles within their communities.

One notable figure from around the Nazi era who is sometimes discussed in the context of transgender history is Lili Elbe. Lili Elbe was a Danish transgender woman who was one of the earliest recipients of sex reassignment surgery. Born as Einar Magnus Andreas Wegener, she underwent a series of gender-affirming surgeries in the early 1930s under the care of pioneering sexologist Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld in Berlin, Germany.

Another notable figure who has been identified as a transgender man from around the Nazi era is Karl M. Baer. Born in Germany in 1885, Baer is believed to have undergone a hysterectomy and legally changed his name to Karl in the 1920s. Baer was a writer and editor who contributed to various publications.

Some reputable sources for transgender history include:"Transgender History" by Susan Stryker"Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman" by Leslie FeinbergJSTOR and Google Scholar for academic articles on transgender historyWebsites of LGBTQ+ history organizations and archives, such as the GLBT Historical Society and the Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria.

These resources can provide a more comprehensive understanding of the historical record of transgender individuals and the complexities of gender identity throughout history.

Being transgender is nothing new. Trans people have always existed and will continue to do so. Die mad about it.

#transgender #trans man #anti radical feminism #trans #trans rights #fuck jkr #lgbt #terfism #lgbtq #radblr #radical feminism #terfsafe #terfblr #history #roman emperors #roman era #ww2 #ww2 history #ww2 germany

[genderoutlaws]

✨ Commonly Used Sources ✨

Bi Women Boston (bi women quarterly backlog)

Trans Reads (books, essays, articles, zines)

Transas City (ephemera, photographs)

Digital Transgender Archive (wide variety of historical materials)

GLBT Historical Society Archive (wide variety)

Leather Archive (user: public | pass: leather)

Lesbian Herstory Archive (photos, pins, shirts)

ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archive (via OAC)

{ WIP — will continue to update }

#landing page

[iphigeniacomplex]

rejoice! the glbt historical society has a digital archive collecting the writing of camille moran, a transgender activist for psychiatric survivor rights who advocated for the removal of gender identity disorder from the dsm

you may be familiar with moran from her statement in the fall '93 issue of ex-patient newsletter dendron, "why a transgendered woman calls for psychiatry's destruction". (if not, it can be accessed here, on page 17.) her writing on the psychiatric abuse she experienced as a transgender woman is crucial reading for anyone interested in the psychiatric survivors movement or anti-psychiatric perspectives.

#it speaks! #paths outside this garden #hysterical studies #<- not identifying her as such; this is part of organization for a larger thesis #trans history #psychiatric survivors movement #mad pride #antipsych #i think those are all the main tags that are likely to reach those interested? #camille moran

[post-laundromat]

(OP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

if you are too young and unsafe to go to your gay community center or pride here’s some ways you can connect to gay history. - the oral history project from act up - the lesbian herstory archives - the transgender archives of the university of victoria - the digital transgender archives - glbt historical society (digital) - lgbtq digital collaboratory

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since it was suggested in the tags anything that moves the bisexual manifesto

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the Samuel Proctor oral history project a masterpost of lesile feinberg’s works by genderoutlaws more to come

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- the queer zine archive - the dyke march compilation  - paris is burning  - how to survive a plague - united in anger: a history of ACT UP - one archives - new york public library lgbtq archives

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for today’s update: - screaming queens - a collection of audre lorde’s poetry - the arquives - dykes to watch out for - the bi woman’s quarterly (1/2)

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[Links to OP's paypal, cashup and venmo. See original post].

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PDF: transgender history, susan stryker (2017 updated edition via archive.org) examples of archive.org lending books (accounts are free): - we both laughed in pleasure (collected diaries of lou sullivan) - trap door: trans cultural production and the politics of visibility - captive genders: trans embodiment and the prison industrial complex you can also find materials there using metadata search terms like "transgender people." notably, there's a series of long interviews with lou sullivan recorded shortly after his AIDS diagnosis, which i've found really interesting. (be aware that some materials will be redundant with other collections and using broad terms like "transgender" might also yield anti-trans materials.) & if you ARE a young gay person who feels isolated in your current situation, queering the map might be a small comfort to you

(via)

#removed: ageism #queer history

[whatevergreen]

12th Annual International Two Spirit Gathering Attendees, San Francisco, 1999

Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS)'s float in the 2008 San Francisco Pride parade.

Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS), Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender (GLBT) Historical Society, San Francisco CA

#lgbtq #two spirit #indigenous #san francisco #pride

[historyisgaypodcast]

0.20. Dialing in to Gender: Tracing Trans Internet History with Avery Dame-Griff

In this interview episode, Leigh sits down with scholar and creator of the Queer Digital History Project Avery Dame-Griff to discuss his book The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet and all it contains about the magic of the evolution of trans folks on the internet. From BBSes (bulletin board system) to Twitter, we discuss how trans people have always existed on and created their own unique spaces on the World Wide Web, tapping into Avery’s extensive research, interviews, and media archaeology.

Where to find more from Avery Dame-Griff online:

AveryDame.net

Mastodon: [email protected]

Queer Digital History Project

Also, some additional awesome news about internet trans history!

As listeners may know, Leigh works at the GLBT Historical Society for their day job. And recently, a volunteer archivist, Cara Esten Hurtle, discovered an amazing CD-ROM containing the entirety of Transgender Forum, (TGForum.com) from 1995 to 1998, one of the largest trans communities online at that time, that Avery Dame-Griff also covers in his book! Hurtle uploaded the CD-rom online for anyone to peruse and it’s absolutely amazing to see the 90s trans community right there before your very eyes!

The discovery has been covered by them online in a fantastic article which you can read here: This Archive Offers an Incredible Window Into the Early Trans Internet.

And you can peruse the CD-Rom of TGForum.com here, where Cara uploaded the archive! Just click the “START.HTM” file in the tgfcd window, and browse to your heart’s content! Want Leigh to do an interview with Cara about her discovery? Let us know!

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#history is gay #lgbt history #queer history

[californiastatelibrary]

Meet José Sarria, “Empress of San Francisco.”

In 1961, José Sarria ran for a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and became the first openly gay candidate to run for office in the United States. After an unsuccessful run, Sarria’s activism gained speed. He helped found several gay organizations — SIR, or the Society of Individual Rights, the League for Civil Education, and the Imperial Court System, one of the oldest and largest LGBT organizations in the world.

The Imperial Court System is a grassroots network of organizations in the United States, Mexico and Canada that fundraises for charitable causes through the production of annual “Gala Coronation Balls.” Each court annually elects an “emperor” and “empress.” Sarria became Empress of San Francisco, Jose I and the Widow Norton — a nod to “Emperor” Joshua Norton, a well-known San Francisco Gold Rush era eccentric who in 1859 declared himself emperor of the United States and protector of Mexico.

In May 2019, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a resolution supporting Sarria’s induction in the California Hall of Fame, saying in part: “(He) paved the way for many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) candidates who followed to seek and win elected office across San Francisco, elsewhere in the United States and around the world.”

The photo in this post is via the José Sarria Papers at the GLBT Historical Society.

#pride #pride month #pride 2023 #Jose Sarria #history #california #San Francisco #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #gay rights

[bi-kisses]

I saw terfs claiming that being trans (as it is currently known) was invented by porn addicts on forums and that any people who lived as the opposite sex historically did so to escape homophobia, as if FTM newsletter didn't exist in the '80s or gay trans men just showed up in the current century or Christine Tayleur hadn't dedicated herself to transgender activism in the early nineties...

The best resource to prove how fucking stupid they are is GLBT Historical Society so feel free to read up on how trans people have always been right there fighting alongside us.

#terfisms

[13thgenfilm]

* JUST SIX SLEEPS AWAY! * On Wednesday, October 19th, please join us at the GLBT Historical Society’s annual Gala - REUNION - in-person from 6-9 pm! 13th Gen’s Marc Smolowitz & his husband Yves Averous are proud to sponsor this highlight of the year. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

TICKETS: 👉 https://glbthistory.org/reunion

Reunion will be hosted by two fantastic performers:  Kylie Minono, a dedicated community organizer, and  MADD-DOGG 20/20, a two-time San Francisco Drag King winner. 

This year’s History Makers Award Honorees are: 

Olga Talamante -  former executive director and current board member of the Chicana Latina Foundation.

Donna Personna -  a transgender rights activist and fine artist who works in painting, photography and mixed media.

Drag Queen Story Hour -  represented at the Gala by Per Sia and Julián Delgado Lopera, was founded in San Francisco in 2015 by Michelle Tea and RADAR Productions, under the leadership of Julián Delgado Lopera and Virgie Tovar.

And this year’s Willie Walker Founders Award Honorees are:

Zane Blaney & John Caldwell - in 2020 John and Zane made a foundational gift to help the GLBT Historical Society install a new Digital Asset Management System (DAMS) to ensure long-term preservation and accessibility of digital files.

#San Francisco #LGBTQ History #LGBTQ History Month #queer history #GLBT Historical Society #LGBTQ #Kylie Minono #MADD-DOGG 20/20 #Olga Talamante #Donna Personna #Drag Queen Story Hour #DQSH #Zane Blaney #John Caldwell #digital archives #LGBTQ archives

[sfplhormelcenter]

Co-Edited by Ellis Martin and Zach Ozma "We Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan" (Call #: B Su542a) narrates the inner life of a gay transgender man moving through the shifting social, political, and medical mores of the second half of the 20th century. Sullivan kept comprehensive journals from age 11 until his AIDS-related death at 39. Sensual, lascivious, challenging, quotidian and poetic, the diaries complicate and disrupt normative trans narratives. Entries from twenty-four diaries reveal Sullivan's self-articulation and the complexity of a fascinating and courageous figure.

#lou sullivan #ftm #trans men #transgender women #female to male #f2m #transguy #boi #transfashion #transfag #gay trans man #leather #punk #south of market #haight st #the castro #gay #lgbt #lgbt history #glbt historical society #san francisco #wpath #trans health #We Both Laughed In Pleasure #nightboat books #susan stryker #zach ozma #ellis martin

[365daysoflesbians]

Lorraine Hurdle (1922-2014) was a Black lesbian woman who served in the United States Women’s Army Corps (WAC) in Germany during World War II.

The Lorraine Hurdle Papers (2018-12), courtesy of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender (GLBT) Historical Society include her military portrait, a WAC baseball team portrait, and Hurdle with an unidentified woman. c. 1950s.

Read more at the GLBT’s Lesbians in the Military archives.

#lorraine hurdle #lesbian history #black lesbian history #gay history #lgbt history #lgbtq history #queer history #lesbian #wlw #sapphic #wwii #world war ii #1950s #1940s

[sanfranciscoblog]

In a surprise announcement as part of her balanced budget proposal she introduced Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed said she is seeking funds to acquire a site in the city to build the first large-scale, freestanding LGBTQ history museum.

San Francisco is already home to a many fantastic world-class museums, but the current GLBT Historical Society location in the Castro District is a modest storefront on 18th Street.

Calling out gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who represents the Castro and has been working with the GLBT Historical Society and the mayor on the museum project, Breed said she was requesting the funds "so we finally have a home for all those who fought for LGBT equity and inclusion in our city."

The mayor did not mention a dollar figure, but according to Clair Farley, a transgender woman who is a mayoral adviser and executive director of the city's Office of Transgender Initiatives, the amount is $10 million toward the acquisition of a site. The city would issue a request for proposals for use of the money, noted Farley.

"We are still working out the details," said Farley.

At present, this would be the first full-scale museum dedicated to LQBTQ history and culture anywhere in the United States.

#san francisco #san francisco history #news #lgbt history #lgbtq history

[genderoutlaws]

hello! obviously this blog focuses on positive lgbt history, but i was wondering if you know of any sources that archive any historical depictions of homophobic/transphobic propaganda and media (i promise i'm not asking for weirdo reasons lol–i'm undertaking a project about the history of lgbtphobia in media)

I don’t know of any that specifically catalogue that so I would suggest searching any LGBT archives for the keywords homophobia and transphobia. The Digital Transgender Archive, The Arquives, The GLBT Historical Society Archives, The Leather Archives, The Lesbian Herstory Archives, etc.

Thank you for this message, it sparked me to look for phobic material on TDA and I found out some really interesting things, including that there was apparently an annual anti trans queerbash on Halloween in Toronto for a considerable period?? makes partying and being a gay slut on Church St for Halloween feel like praxis

#asks #anonymous #archives #research #homophobia #transphobia

[queerasfact]

Hello friends! We know some of our listeners are in isolation right now, so here are a few fun ways to pass the time:

Listen to Queer as Fact - these are trying times so we recommend you check out some more wholesome and lighthearted episodes like the story of Sally Ride, the first American woman in space; the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest pieces of literature in the world; or the life of gun-toting drag king and activist Stormé DeLarverie.

Take up a queer craft project - cross-stitch your favourite queer quote from history! Draw your favourite queer figure! Share you results with us!

Visit Open Library - the wonderful source of much of our podcast research, Open Library is home to a myriad of e-books, and you can sign-up and download them for free.

Listen to History is Gay - our fellow queer historians, producing excellent queer history content if Queer as Fact doesn’t provide enough of a fix.

Check out some online queer museums - San Francisco’s GLBT Historical Society has parts of their collection online, and the Digital Transgender Archive is, as the name suggests, entirely digital.

Listen to Making Gay History - Eric Marcus has done a huge amount of work conducting and sourcing interviews with queer activists and figures from America’s queer rights movement, including everyone from Marsha P. Johnson to Ellen DeGeneres to Bayard Rustin. They are all available for free online via his podcast.

We hope you are all staying safe, and if you have your own ideas for how to pass the time in isolation, please share them. <3

#queer history #lgbt history #lgbtq #queer #coronavirus

[fandom-star]

Lou Sullivan

(Quick note: for most of this post, I use outdated terminology such as transsexual. This is because those are the terms used most frequently in the 70s and 80s. If that makes you uncomfortable, don't read this. If you can look past that for the sake of learning about an incredible transgender activist that shaped the history of the trans community, I urge you to read on.)

Lou Sullivan was born on the 16th of March 1951, and died of AIDS-related complications on March 2nd 1991.

He was the first transgender man to fully transition medically whilst being openly gay.

In his childhood and adolescence, Lou kept a journal. In this journal, he documented his thoughts of being a boy, his confusion growing up, his fantasies of being a gay man and his involvement in the music scene of Milwaukee, where he grew up. He wrote short stories, poems and diaries, which outlined his attraction to taking on male roles. 

When he was fifteen (in 1966), he wrote in his journal: "I want to look like what I am but don't know what some one like me looks like. I mean, when people look at me I want them to think— there's one of those people […] that has their own interpretation of happiness. That's what I am."

In a special remembrance edition of FtM International's newsletter, one of Lou's friends in Milwaukee shared some of his memories of Lou. One of them was Lou's first haircut at a barber. After being told Lou wanted a 'male' haircut, the barber asked whether he was a boy or a girl. Lou told him, "That's none of your business! Cut my hair!"

[Photo: Lou, circa 1964. Black and white photo of Lou with shoulder-length hair, wearing a black, long-sleeved shirt and a leather page boy hat.]

By 1973, Lou identified as a female transvestite. This was when he first stepped into activism in the transgender community. He published an article called 'A Transvestite Answers a Feminist' in the Gay People's Union, followed by another article, 'Looking Towards Transvestite Liberation'.

In 1975, Lou began identifying as female-to-male transsexual. This meant he made the decision to move from Wisconsin to California to find more understanding and access hormones for his transition. His family had always been supportive of his identity, and also supported his move. He was given his grandfather's pocket-watch and a suit that his mother had tailored for him, telling the tailor that it was for her son.

Upon arriving in San Francisco, he was employed as a secretary at Wilson Sporting Goods Company. He was also employed as a woman, but he spent most of his time living as a gay man. 

The next year, Lou began seeking sex-reassignment, but was turned down by gender clinics. This was because of his sexuality, which meant that his gender dysphoria was not considered legitimate because he would be transitioning from straight female to gay male.

[Photo: Lou, circa early-80s, in a garden. He is wearing a white vest and dark trousers. He is holding a small book and a pair of glasses.]

In 1979, Lou finally received hormone treatment after finding doctors and therapists sympathetic to his case. 

The same year, he started volunteering at the Janus Information Facility, which was a gender dysphoria clearing house and referral service. It is now known as J2CP.

During this time, Lou also became involved with The Golden Gate Girls, a San Francisco area transsexual group, and managed to petition to add guys into their name, making them The Golden Gate Girls/Guys. From the July of 1979 until October in 1980, he edited their newsletter, which provided news and information for transvestites and transsexuals. It's been said that this transformed the group's network, because they could give support to people without them having to attend meetings due to the newsletters being circulated.

Lou had a double mastectomy in 1980, giving him the ability to begin living as a man full-time. He made this easier for himself by changing jobs, so that his co-workers would have no idea about his life as a woman.

In 1980, he also published his book 'Information for the Female to Male Cross Dresser and Transsexual'. 

Also during the early 80s, Lou founded the Gay and Lesbian Historical Society (now known as the GLBT Historical Society). He helped to edit and publish the newsletter, leading him to start his own typesetting and word-processing business.

In 1986, Lou managed to complete his reassignment and received genital reconstruction surgery.

It was at this time that he also organised FTM International, a peer support group entirely dedicated to the support of female-to-male transsexuals and transvestites. It was the first of its kind, and is still active to this day, I believe.

[Photo: Lou, circa mid-80s. He is sat cross-legged on a bed, wearing suit trousers, a grey/blue shirt and a cream coloured tie. He is smiling at the camera.]

However, it was later on in 1986 that Lou was diagnosed as being HIV-positive. On the subject, Lou wrote:"I took a certain pleasure in informing the gender clinic that even though their program told me I could not live as a gay man, it looks like I'm going to die like one."

After this, Lou had himself and a therapist filmed having a conversation about his transition, his identity as a gay, transsexual man and his AIDS diagnosis, so that there would be documentation for people like him in the future. (I'll reblog with links to YouTube clips of this film.)

His work to make the process of accessing hormones and surgery for transition "orientation blind" eventually paid off towards the end of the 80s.

Lou dedicated the last years of his life to working with FtMs, the transgender community and the gay community. 

His last published work was a biography of Jack Bee Garland.

[Photo: Lou, circa 1989. Black and white photo. He is wearing a white shirt with the top button undone and black suspenders. He looks frail compared to the previous photo, however, like the previous photo, he is smiling at the camera.]

Lou Sullivan dedicated the majority of his adult life to educating about transgender men, and how gender identity is separate from sexual orientation. He helped to transform the way transgender men, specifically gay transgender men, are perceived in America. He was a great activist who could have done so much more, but had already done a great deal of work in the thirty-nine years he had lived.

Lou Sullivan deserves so much recognition that he doesn't seem to get. 

#transgender #transgender man #trans man #transgender history #trans history #lou sullivan #transgender activist #pride month #gay trans man #gay man #1970s #1980s #hiv aids #aids crisis #transgender community