Who is the Transgender Community

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Who is the Transgender Community?
The following slides are a small sampling of the
beauty, talent, diversity, braveness, wonder and
courage of our Community. TRANS, OUT AND
PROUD!!!
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Georgina Beyer1957 - Present

• Mayor of Carterton 1995 2000
• Member of New Zealand Parliament 1999 - Present

First Transsexual in the world to be elected as a
MayorFormer Mayor of Carterton District 1995 to
Feb 2000 First Transsexual to be elected to a
Parliament in the world
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Wendy Carlos1939 - Present

• American Composer and Electronic Musician

Wendy Carlos was one of the first famous
performers of electronic music using
synthesizers. Notable works Switched on Bach,
The Well-Tempered Synthesizer, A Clockwork Orange
Soundtrack
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Caroline Cossey1954 - Present

• Actress best known for her role as a Bond Girl in
  For Your Eyes Only

British model Caroline Cossey, is sometimes known
under her professional name Tula. Though she has
achieved the title only through necessity, she is
one of the world's most famous male-to-female
transsexuals, and the first to ever pose for
Playboy http//tgmedia.enacre.net/lorna_lynne/tul
a.html
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Dana International1954 - Present

• World Famous Israeli Dancer and Singer. Voted
  Female Vocalist in 1995 and 1998.

Dana has been a guest of honor in the Knesset,
Israeli Parliament and of the education and
culture committee. She tours Internationally.
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Christine Jorgensen1926 - 1989

• First highly publicized Sex Reassignment Surgery
  in 1952.

The publicity surrounding her surgery enabled
Jorgensen and medical professionals to educate
the larger public about the differences between
homosexuality, transvestism, and transsexuality. .
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Billy Tipton1914 - 1989

• Successful Jazz Saxaphonist in the 1940s and
  1950s.

Tipton died in 1989 and was Outed by his coroner!
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Lili Elbe1886 - 1931

• Well known Art Deco painter and illustrator along
  with her partner Gerda.

Her marriage to Gerda was invalidated by the King
of Denmark in October of 1930. Outed in the
press, she may have faked her death in 1931.
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Sylvia Rivera1952 - 2000

• Ms. Rivera was the famous transgendered woman who
  was at the Stonewall Inn, New York City, on the
  night of 27th of June, 1969, the night that a
  riot at the bar.

Touched off the open radicalization of the Gay
Liberation Movement. She literally led the
charge, fought back against police harassment
directed at the most visible members of the
community.
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Jin Xing1969 - Present

• One of Chinas most celebrated modern dancer and
  choreographer.

Jin Xing, (which means golden star) has acted,
directed, choreographed, and danced into
people's hearts and to much public acclaim
everywhere from New York to Rome to Brussels.
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Parinya Charoenphol 1980 - Present

• World famous transsexual Thai kickboxer.

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Brandon Teena1972 - 1993

• Brandons tragic murder is the one such incident
  that managed to strike a chord with the general
  public, raising the spotlight that anatomy does
  not equal gender identity and the tragic
  consequences.

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Kate Bornstein1948 -

• Gender Rebel, Deconstructionist, Activist,
  Performance Artist, Actor and Teacher.

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Renee Richards1934 - Present

• World renowned champion Tennis player, who
  transitioned during her career. She was also a
  practicing opthomologist.

Reneé Richards wrote an autobiography entitled
Second Serve. Dr. Richards continues to practice
medicine in New York and serves on the editorial
board of the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology
Strabismus
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Joanna Clark1938 - Present

• Also known as Sister Mary Elizabeth, Episcopal
  nun. Served in the US Navy as a man and in the
  US Army as a woman, though booted out 18 months
  after enlisting.

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"I know I'm not a man...and I've come to the
conclusion that I'm probably not a woman,
either...The trouble is, we're living in a world
that insists we be one or the other.
--Kate Bornstein in Gender Outlaw On Men,
Women, and the Rest of Us