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* '''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). | * '''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]]. | * '''1920''' – [[Havelock Ellis]] coins the term "[[Eonism]] after the [[Chevalier d'Éon]]. | ||
| − | * '''1951''' – [[Roberta Cowell]] (previously Robert Cowell) has | + | * '''1951''' – [[Roberta Cowell]] (previously Robert Cowell) has gender reassignment surgery and has her birth certificate changed from male to female. |
| + | * '''1960''' – [[April Ashley]] has gender reassignment 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. | ||
* '''1966''' – Founding of trans organisation the [[Beaumont Society]]. | * '''1966''' – Founding of trans organisation the [[Beaumont Society]]. | ||
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* '''1995''' – [[Mermaids]] founded for children with gender dysphoria. | * '''1995''' – [[Mermaids]] founded for children with gender dysphoria. | ||
* '''2004''' – [[Gender Recognition Act 2004]] allows people to legally change gender. | * '''2004''' – [[Gender Recognition Act 2004]] allows people to legally change gender. | ||
| − | * '''2011''' – Death of [[Roberta Cowell]] (not made public until 2013) | + | * '''2009''' – Murder of [[Andrea Waddell]]. |
| + | * '''2011''' – Death of [[Roberta Cowell]] (not made public until 2013). | ||
| + | * '''2012''' – Murder of [[Chrissie Azzopardi]]. | ||
* '''2013''' – Suicide of [[Lucy Meadows]] following press harassment. | * '''2013''' – Suicide of [[Lucy Meadows]] following press harassment. | ||
* '''2013''' – Death of [[Georgina Somerset]] (née Turtle). | * '''2013''' – Death of [[Georgina Somerset]] (née Turtle). | ||
Revision as of 11:28, 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 (previously Robert Cowell) has gender reassignment surgery and has her birth certificate changed from male to female.
- 1960 – April Ashley has gender reassignment 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.
- 2009 – Murder of Andrea Waddell.
- 2011 – Death of Roberta Cowell (not made public until 2013).
- 2012 – Murder of Chrissie Azzopardi.
- 2013 – Suicide of Lucy Meadows following press harassment.
- 2013 – Death of Georgina Somerset (née Turtle).
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