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Ex-Cambridge rower Diana Thomas spent six decades as a man but claims trans militants are only stoking intolerance.

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Henry Peter Glavocich was born in Jersey City, and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey. His mother left his father soon after his birth because he

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Lorena Capelli was born in Rio de Janeiro, and was an early transitioner. Her father initially beat her, but, being in the Brazilian diploma

Trans Italy 1960-70 1971-85 1986-2000 1986 Marcella Di Folco moved to Bologna where Movimento Italiano Transessuali had its headqua

Trans Italy 1960-70 1971-85 1986-2000 In this period, trans activism expanded and after lobbying and street demonstrations, the 1982

Trans Italy 1960-70 1971-85 1986-2000 1960 The Olympics Games were held in Rome: The Ukrainian sisters Tamara and Irina Press repre

++Original version posted January 2013. George Bertrand was a Maori of Te Ati Awa, Ngati Mutunga, Ngati Raukawa, and Ngati Porou descent.  A

At the beginning of 1964 the then 19-year-old, Brigitte Bond, was signed as a singer by Tom Littlewood of the 2i’s Coffee Bar  in London’s S

Leonhard Meisjes was raised in Amsterdam with three sisters. At age 19 Leonhard was sent to a psychiatric hospital after being found by mo

Nana was raised in Oran , Algeria. In 1955 she met Bambi and others in the Le Carrousel cast who were on tour. Nana realized instantly

Jean-Pierre Pruvot was born in Ysser, a suburb of Algiers. At 16 Jean-Pierre attended a touring version of La Carrousel in Algiers. At 18 (

Cooper was working as a bus conductor in Preston, Lancashire in the late 1940s, where he was generally known as a pansy. On a trip to More

Original March 2007. Capucine was a performer at Le Car r ousel and was frequently mentioned along with Coccinelle and Bambi . Ca

Revised 4 Dec 2009, 31 Jan 2010. Amanda has given out different years (1941, 1945 and even 1948) and places (Hong Kong, Saigon) for her b

Part I: before 1945 . 75, rue des Martyres et 40, rue Pierre Fontaine Bibliography Part II: 1945 – 1961 40, rue du Colisée  et Juan-les-

Astolfo Barroso Pinto was born in Cantahalo, outside Rio de Janeiro. As a teenager, she watched the grand entrance of the travestis during t

Brown was raised in Bagé , in Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil.  His father was a military officer, and as a familial duty he did apply for militar

Jacques Charles Dufresnoy was born in Paris, but his family moved to Marseilles when he was a teenager. He was given the name ‘Coccinelle (l

Jean-Pierre Pruvot was born in Ysser, a suburb of Algiers. At 16 Jean-Pierre attended a touring version of La Carrousel in Algiers. At 18 (

Original version May 2013 Galiaci grew up São Paulo state, in the village of Bocaina which at that time had only 10 streets. Father was a

Original March 2007. Wilson was born and raised in Brooklyn. After a start as a transvestite entertainer in New York in the last remaining

Mikki started playing Scrabble in 2005 after discovering the game online. By 2010 she was coming first in  tournaments including the Britis

Lucy Salani (1924-2023) concentration camp survivor, upholsterer, discovered by Bologna LGBT groups in 2010s. Biography: Il mio nome è Lucy

James Bidgood was born and raised in Wisconsin. He moved to New York City in 1951. He found work at the drag nightclub Club 82 when it open

Chua was born in Singapore, educated in the Philippines, did a bachelors’s degree in mathematics at the Universityof Chicago and a master’s

Original June 2011, revised November 2023. Tara's male persona was raised by a Jehovah's Witness family in New Orleans. In the early 80s, he

Tuft, born and raised in Sonoma north of San Francico, had childhood yearnings to be a girl, but turned to body building after being bullied

The beauty pageant crown that Miss Equality World Winner Qatrisha wears is heavy and symbolic of how much more work is still left to be done