A Gender Variance Who's Who

One often comes across the facile assertion that Magnus Hirschfeld coined the word ‘transvestite’ in the 1920s. Unfortunately for this asser...

Margaret O’Hartigan transitioned in Minnesota in 1979. She was on public assistance and successfully sued the State to pay for her surgery. ...

Lisanne is often regarded as an autogynephile, but has rejected the description for herself, and expresses neutrality as to the value of the...

Revised 4 Nov 2009, 2 Dec 2009, 13 March 2012, 7 September 2013, 2 April 2018. See also  A short History of (Harry) Benjamin Syndrome  ...

Mary Veronica grew up in New Jersey as a Catholic, and has a degree in English. She worked on Wall Street as a stockbroker and then became...

Revised 4 Nov 2009, 5 Feb 2011, June 2015. Delgado Gómez was born in  Güímar, Tenerife. He was trained at the Conservatorio de Música y Ar...

Peter was the son of a US foreign aid official. He grew up in Saigon and Wheaton, Illinois. His father died when he was nine. He dropped o...