[Ads-l] Antedating of "Transsexual"

[Mark Mandel]

Same meaning as today? Can't tell from the extract.

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020, 1:37 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> transsexual
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> 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.
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> Fred Shapiro
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