Trans Trading Cards (1999)

©1999, 2013 by Dallas Denny

Source: Dallas Denny. (1999, June). Transexual & trading cards? Two-Spirit News: The newsletter of the Atlanta Gender Explorations Support Group (Electronic version).

 

 

 

 

Transexual & Transgender Trading Cards?

 by Dallas Denny

 

There are of course no trans trading cards, although there are sets of serial and spree killers, the Iran-Contra scandal, and freaks. But if there were….

At one time I thought I might publish a set of trading cards featuring noted transsexual and transgendered persons through history. I didn’t, but I did manage to come up with the following list. Individuals with names marked with asterisks (*) are living as of May 1999:

1. Gallae of the Magna Mater

2. Hijras

3. Two-Spirit Native Americans

4. Christine Jorgensen

5. * Renee Richards

6. * Jan Morris

7. * Caroline Cossey (Tula)

8. * April Ashley

9. Lou Sullivan

10. Roberta Cowell

11. Michael Dillon

12. Billy Tipton

13. Brandon Teena

14. Passing Women

15. * Virginia Prince

16. Boulton & Park

17. Stonewall Queens & Butches

18. Joan of Arc

19. Magnus Hirschfeld

20. Lord Cornbury

21. Chevalier D’Eon

22. Venus Xtravaganza

23. James Barry

24. * CanaryConn

25. * Lee Brewster

26. Lili Elbe

27. Flip Wilson

28. Reed Erickson

29. * Milton Berle

30. * Ru Paul

31. Harry Benjamin

32. Radclyffe Hall

33. Candy Darling

34. * Holly Woodlawn

35. International Chrysis

36. Pope Joan

 

Who are these people? In future issues of this newsletter, I’ll fill you in.