Trans History 2 (examples of trans people in history)

It's still trans history month! And so this week we're going to look at a bunch of examples of trans people in history, including some times where we've very intentionally been erased. PhD student in history (sexual diversity studies) Nico Mara-McKay returns to discuss the cis agenda and coming out as left-handed! I'm gonna mangle some French! (apologies in advance) NICO MARA-MCKAY Bluesky: @plutopsyche.nicomaramckay.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ephemeralrecord Website: https://www.nicomaramckay.com FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Trans History 1 (how and why we name trans people in history), Gender Dysphoria, Trans Rage 2: Cis Apathy, Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1) REFERENCE MATERIAL Suicidality Among Transgender Youth: Elucidating the Role of Interpersonal Risk Factors - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32345113/ The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-forgotten-history-of-the-worlds-first-trans-clinic/ Why It Took Decades for LGBTQ Stories to Be Included in Holocaust History - https://time.com/5953047/lgbtq-holocaust-stories/ The Pink Triangle - https://www.thepinktriangle.com/history/symbol.html New Research Reveals How the Nazis Targeted Transgender People - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-research-reveals-how-the-nazis-targeted-transgender-people-180982931/ Twitter thread on the willful hiding of trans people in history by @lisaquestions - https://x.com/lisaquestions/status/1525187671936512000 How This 18th Century French Spy Came Out As Trans - https://www.them.us/story/chevalier-d-eon-trans-woman Twitter post on the willful denying of d'Eon's transness by @AlinaBoyden - https://x.com/AlinaBoyden/status/1479925768272629760 Marsha “Pay it no Mind” Johnson - https://www.outhistory.org/exhibits/show/tgi-bios/marsha-p-johnson Twitter thread on the transness of Lou Alcott by @peytonology - https://x.com/peytonology/status/1516612189687324673 Twitter thread on trans brothers Mark and David Ferrow by @EliErlick - https://x.com/EliErlick/status/1520805459166482432 Who is the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray? - https://www.paulimurraycenter.com/who-is-pauli Lucy Hicks Anderson, a Black Trans Pioneer - https://www.aclu-ms.org/en/news/highlight-lucy-hicks-anderson-black-trans-pioneer Roberta Cowell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Cowell Wendy Carlos, the electronic music pioneer who happens to be transgender - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/wendy-carlos-the-electronic-music-pioneer-who-happens-to-be-transgender/2020/10/22/fa4f511e-d5ac-11ea-930e-d88518c57dcc_story.html The Trans Middle Ages: Incorporating Transgender and Intersex Studies into the History of Medieval Sexuality - https://academic.oup.com/ehr/article/138/593/933/7529096 Don’t Hurt Girls When You Dance (Or Any Other Time) (Kurt Cobain) - https://unwinnable.com/2024/04/05/dont-hurt-girls-when-you-dance-or-any-other-time-kurt-cobain-nirvana/ Visit Casa Susanna, a secret house of trans women in the 1960s - https://www.advocate.com/transgender/casa-susanna#rebelltitem1 Trailblazing Transgender Doctor Saved Countless Lives - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trailblazing-transgender-doctor-saved-countless-lives/ Trans People Have Existed For Thousands Of Years And Other Things You Should Know About Trans People - https://www.buzzfeed.com/shawnstensberg/a-brief-history-of-being-trans The Forgotten Trans History of the Wild West - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/trans-history-wild-west Museum reclassifies Roman emperor as trans woman - https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67484645 UK museum reclassifies Roman emperor as transgender - https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/11/21/uk-museum-reclassifies-roman-emperor-as-transgender BlueSky thread on Anastasios, a trans man monk affirmed in death, by @plutopsyche.nicomaramckay.com‬ - https://bsky.app/profile/plutopsyche.nicomaramckay.com/post/3kt3zsmd6aw26 The Scythian Enarei Transgender Priestesses | Ancient Transgender History | We Have Always Existed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABpT6e-KlOo Inanna: the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, sensuality, fertility, procreation, and war - https://www.worldhistory.org/Inanna/ Inanna/Ishtar, followed by those who flaunt the gender binary, who transformed men into women - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna Twitter thread on transgender longing by medieval French philosopher Kalonymus ben Kalonymus, by @TheRaDR - https://x.com/TheRaDR/status/987171135535149056 Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions