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  • The Chevalier d' Eon

    A French diplomat and soldier, he lived the fist half of life as a man until ordered by the King to live as a woman. 

  • Angela Morely

      Angela Morely was a highly successful musical composer, conductor and recording artist.

  • Holly Woodlawn

    "Holly came from Miami FLA, / hitch-hiked her way across the USA, / plucked her eyebrows on the way, / shaved her legs, and then he was a she..."

  • Famous GLBT Parents

     Actors, Actresses, Singers, Politicians and Movie Stars, see if you know them.  

  • Lili Elbe

     The subject of the upcoming film THE DANISH GIRL, starring Nicole Kidman and Carlize Theron, Lili (1882 - 1931) was one of the first identifiable recipients of male to female sex reassignment surgery.

  • Mianne Bagger

    Playing her first pro golf tournament at the AAMI Australia Women's Open in Feb/Mar 2004 she attracted worldwide media attentionas the first MTF golfer. 

  • Eleanor Lister

    Lister was best known for her political work with the Greens Party. Joining with the Greens out of a sense of outrage over the Tampa affair, Lister went on to help establish the GLBTI Committee and continued through all her work to make sure that transgender issues remained on the agenda.

  • Coccinelle

    The first post-op transsexual of France, she was often referred to as a She-male by the media

  • Dana International

    She stunned -- and wowed -- the world when she won EuroVision, the coveted European Music Festiaval competition.

  • Christine Jorgensen

    The first post-op transexual women from the United States.

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  • Wigstock

    The daylong drag event began as an off hand idea in 1984 that attracted 1,000 attendees its first year. It went on to feature some of drag's biggest stars and audiences of as many as 25,000 before closing in 2001.

  • Invasion of the Pines

    What began as a feud became one of the best annual events of the year in New York City




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