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Charley Parkhurst

#CharleyParkhurst (January 17, 1812 – December 28, 1879): Also known as “One-Eyed Charley” and “Six-Horse Charley,” Parkhurst was assigned female at birth and became one of the most famous American stagecoach drivers in the mid-19th century. Raised partially in an orphanage in New Hampshire after his father passed away, Charley ran away and was further…

Lili Elbe

#LiliElbe (December 28, 1882 – September 13, 1931): Known to modern audiences from the book and subsequent film “The Danish Girl,” Elbe was a Danish painter who was one of the earliest recipients of gender-affirming surgery. Though always knowing her truth, she lived in the shadows in terms of her Trans identity, but married Gerda…

Maryam Khatoon Molkara

#MaryamKhatoonMolkara (1950 – March 25, 2012): Considered the matriarch of the Trans community in Iran, Molkara was assigned male at birth but always preferred the clothing and toys of the stereotypically feminine. After dressing in more stereotypically feminine clothes in her teens, she came out to her mother as trans then and was immediately rejected.…

Frances Thompson

#FrancesThompson (circa 1840 – 1876): Assigned male at birth, Thompson was born into slavery and raised in Maryland, later traveling with her trafficker, Robert Walker, and his family to Memphis, Tennessee. The Walkers allowed her to dress and be recognized as a woman at a time when such matters were rarely ever mentioned publicly. After…

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