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This is a '''Timeline of UK Transgender History'''. It is intended to cover the full range of trans life in the UK in the widest sense, including transgender, transvestism, intersex, etc... | This is a '''Timeline of UK Transgender History'''. It is intended to cover the full range of trans life in the UK in the widest sense, including transgender, transvestism, intersex, etc... | ||
* '''850s''' – a woman from [[Wimborne Minster]] is supposedly elected [[Pope Joan]]. | * '''850s''' – a woman from [[Wimborne Minster]] is supposedly elected [[Pope Joan]]. | ||
* '''1682''' – [[James Barry]], army surgeon, dies and is allegedly found to have been a woman. | * '''1682''' – [[James Barry]], army surgeon, dies and is allegedly found to have been a woman. | ||
* '''1766''' – Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont, the [[Chevalier d'Éon]] comes to live in England (until 1777, returning in 1785). | |||
* '''1920''' – [[Havelock Ellis]] coins the term "[[Eonism]] after the [[Chevalier d'Éon]]. | |||
* '''1951''' – [[Roberta Cowell]] has sex-change surgery. | * '''1951''' – [[Roberta Cowell]] has sex-change surgery. | ||
* '''1960''' – [[Georgina Turtle]] (previously George Turtle) has her birth certificate changed from male to female. | * '''1960''' – [[Georgina Turtle]] (previously George Turtle) has her birth certificate changed from male to female. | ||
Revision as of 10:47, 3 January 2014
This is a Timeline of UK Transgender History. It is intended to cover the full range of trans life in the UK in the widest sense, including transgender, transvestism, intersex, etc...
- 850s – a woman from Wimborne Minster is supposedly elected Pope Joan.
- 1682 – James Barry, army surgeon, dies and is allegedly found to have been a woman.
- 1766 – Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont, the Chevalier d'Éon comes to live in England (until 1777, returning in 1785).
- 1920 – Havelock Ellis coins the term "Eonism after the Chevalier d'Éon.
- 1951 – Roberta Cowell has sex-change surgery.
- 1960 – Georgina Turtle (previously George Turtle) has her birth certificate changed from male to female.
- 1966 – Founding of trans organisation the Beaumont Society.
- 1968 – the Home Secretary confirms that Sir Ewan Forbes is male and can succeed to the baronetcy, despite having been registered and originally brought up as female.
- 1971 – the Corbett v Corbett case, involving April Ashley, establishes the precedent that a person's sex could not legally be changed from what it was at birth.
- 1972 – release of trans-related film, I want what I want.
- 1989 – Rose's club founded.
- 1995 – Mermaids founded for children with gender dysphoria.
- 2004 – Gender Recognition Act 2004 allows people to legally change gender.
- 2011 – Death of Roberta Cowell (not made public until 2013)
- 2013 – Death of Georgina Somerset (née Turtle).
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