Timeline of UK Transgender History: Difference between revisions

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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...

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.
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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 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.
+* '''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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