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"G.I. Turned Blonde Beauty!" read the headlines as this transgender woman returned from Denmark, spreading awareness of transgender people able to receive bottom surgery.
Who was Christine Jorgensen?
What was the Matrix (1999)
Now age 76, this track runner was featured on a box of Wheaties and was in the hit show Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
Who is Caitlyn Jenner?
This night in August 1966 gave birth to an almost forgotten history of trans people fighting back in San Francisco.
What was Compton's Cafeteria Riot?
The world can be full of very uncaring people, but thankfully the transgender community is very well respected in society, being seen as courageous by many right wing politicians.
The right wing have built a base on smearing transgender people in recent years, seeing the community as a talking point to get elected.
This identity has been around for countless indigenous tribes for centuries, leading to an umbrella term being coined in 1990.
What is Two-Spirit?
This song by The Kinks, told of a transgender woman who caught the attention of the singer.
What is Lola (1970)
Now aged at 86, this trans musical pioneer gave us classics such as Switched-on Bach which explored classical music through at the time brand new moog synthesizers
Who is Wendy Carlos?
Originally opening as Motherlode in 1989, this 3 floor nightclub was a center for trans patrons and their admirers, being one of the 3 in the entire US to cater to trans people.
What was Divas Nightclub & Bar?
Transgender people are a modern phenomena, with a boom of them coming out due to medical research done in the 20th century.
Transgender people stretch back as far as written language!
These transgender Mesopotamian priestesses worshipped Innanna, the goddess of fertility and war, leading cities in worship to turn them from men into women.
Who were the Gala?
This TV show heavily inspired by Paris is Burning (1990), features an actually transgender cast and is seen by many as a great form of representation.
What was POSE?
Now at age 91, this tennis player fought to compete in the 1976 US Open after medically transitioning.
Who is Renée Richards?
This organization founded in 2004 has given a sense of Pride to the trans community of San Francisco, leading a yearly gathering at Dolores Park
What is Trans March?
The year after the Stonewall Riots in 1969, the first gay liberation movement pride was held, seeing the community overwhelmingly accept transgender people and applauding Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera for their work.
They actually boo'ed them when they spoke, leading to the "yall better quiet down" speech.
This transgender man is still buried under the wrong name in Arlington national cemetery despite serving valiantly in the Civil War, earning the respect of his comrades who fought for his right to identify as a man.
Who was Albert Cashier?
This show from 1977 had the first regular appearance of a transgender character, played by a transgender model.
What was All That Glitters?
Now at age 65, this Transgender historian uncovered the open secret of Compton's Cafeteria Riot by searching the GLBT Museum's Archive while researching Transgender history.
Who is Susan Stryker?
This Inn located at Taylor and Bush St. was the sight of a police raid that saw over 100 LGBTQ patrons arrested in a crackdown on homosexuality
What was the Tay Bush Inn Raid?
On the first night of Stonewall in 1969, it was the "shot glass heard 'round the world" as Marsha P Johnson fought back against the police, causing a riot to fully break out in Greenwich Village.
Despite popular belief, Marsha P Johnson was not present on the first night of the Stonewall riots!
This transgender man was a key part of the mail delivery service for the Bay Area, delivering cargo despite highway men from Sacramento to San Jose.
Who was Charley Parkhurst?
This 80s show had an episode focusing on a character reconnecting with a college roommate, only to discover they are now a transgender woman, then learning to embrace and love their new connection.
What was The Love Boat?
Now at age 72, this transgender woman had a featured role as a bond girl in the movie For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Who is Caroline Cossey?
After many were driven out to San Francisco due to frequent police raids, this inn located in Pacifica was the site of Lesbians and Trans people before being raided by police in 1956
What was Hazel's Inn?
Being able to medically transition due to hormone therapy is a blessing that is due to research done in 1942 using pregnant mare urine or premarin for short.
The use of pregnant mare urine for HRT has been documented by the Scythians from 4th century BCE!