[Ads-l] Antedating of "Transsexual"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Thu Mar 19 17:37:19 UTC 2020


transsexual

1898 _Inter Ocean_ (Chicago) 1 Feb. 7/5 (Newspapers.com)  "The Strange Adventures of Mike Brown" occasionally obtruded, and then the at queer old frump "Charley's Aunt," had a shadowy reflection; but in both these predecessors the trans-sexual theme had better exploitation.

Fred Shapiro

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