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From Tim to Kim: Germany's youngest transsexual

Tim started a transition to Kim when about 12 years old. Here's an article in German with pictures.

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Von Tim zu Kim

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Das ist Kim. Sie ist heute 14 Jahre alt.

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20th Century Transgender History And Experience

Kay Brown

Today’s highly visible transgender movement is the continuation of a century of experience and activism. From the beginning it has been an international effort to gain self-determination and medical and legal recognition, with heroes, villains, triumphs and defeats in every decade. The experiences of transsexuals, transgenderists, cross-dressers and intersexuals have interwoven as definitions of sex, gender, perversion and disorder evolved from Victorian to Post-Modern. This class will explore the people and the issues they faced as the transgender community formed and helped create today’s celebration of diversity. The medical, scientific, cultural and legal changes brought about by determined transgender people will be covered. We will also collectively analyze strategies and tactics that might be used in the future. This class is for transgender people and others who wish to understand where we have been and where we might be going.

TransHistory FAQ

Who was the first transsexual to have surgery?

It is hard to say who was the “first”. It depends very much on definition. In the ancient world castration and penectomy were common among transsexuals in Europe, the Middle East, South & South-East Asia, and China. The practice was suppressed in the Christian world (not counting castration of male singers as boys to maintain voice quality) but throughout Asia it continued right to the present, notably in South Asia; India and surrounding countries. The modern form of Male to Female surgery in which a vagina is also formed is believed to date from 1930 in Germany. Mastectomy and Radical Hysterectomy for Female to Male is known to have occurred as early as 1917 in the United States... and an unconfirmed reference suggests 1912 in Europe. Phalloplasty is more recent but still dates to the middle of the 20th Century. . . .

Violence For Transgender Women Up In NorCal

(BCN) SAN FRANCISCO While discrimination and hate crimes against gays, lesbians and transgender individuals plummeted in 2006, severe violence has spiked around Northern California, according to a report released Tuesday morning.

Transgender women of color are particularly at risk, according to Community United Against Violence, the San Francisco-based organization that released the Report of Anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Violence.

The overall murder rate for gays, lesbians and transgender people in Northern California doubled from 2005 to 2006, from two to four cases. Half of those victims were transgender women of color, according to the report. . . .