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A transgender (often shortened to trans) person is someone whose gender identity differs from that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth.

Often, transgender people desire medical assistance to medically transition from one sex to another; those who do may identify as transsexual. Transgender does not have a universally accepted definition, including among researchers; it can function as an umbrella term. The definition given above includes binary trans men and trans women and may also include people who are non-binary or genderqueer. Other related groups include third-gender people, cross-dressers, and drag queens and drag kings; some definitions include these groups as well. (Full article...)

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This article addresses the history of transgender people in the United States from prior to Western contact until the present. There are a few historical accounts of transgender people that have been present in the land now known as the United States at least since the early 1600s. Before Western contact, some Native American tribes had third gender people whose social roles varied from tribe to tribe. People dressing and living differently from the gender roles typical of their sex assigned at birth and contributing to various aspects of American history and culture have been documented from the 17th century to the present day. In the 20th and 21st centuries, advances in gender-affirming surgery as well as transgender activism have influenced transgender life and the popular perception of transgender people in the United States.

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Stephanie Byers (born February 5, 1963) is an American politician and educator who served in the Kansas House of Representatives from the 86th district. Her victory in the 2020 election made her the first openly transgender person to serve in the Kansas Legislature and the first transgender Native American person, a member of the Chickasaw Nation, elected to office in the United States, but she did not run for reelection.

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... that transgender activist Ky Schevers transitioned to male, detransitioned to female, then retransitioned as transmasculine and genderqueer?
... that The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven, Jo Clifford's 2009 play featuring Jesus as a trans woman, was called an "offensive abuse of Christian beliefs" by Archbishop Mario Conti?
... that the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont inspired the name of the transgender rights organisation the Beaumont Society?
... that, among migrants, transgender asylum seekers are more likely to be subjected to physical and mental abuse?
... that a 1999 legal case guaranteed the right of transgender people in England and Wales to access gender reassignment surgery?
... that after trans woman Dylan Mulvaney was sponsored by Bud Light, American conservatives boycotted the brand and its parent company Anheuser-Busch?

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1 – Janelle Monae (1985), American non-binary singer, actress and author
4 – Mina Caputo (1973), American singer
12 – Brandon Teena (1972–1993), American trans man murder victim
17 – Chelsea Manning (1987), American activist and whistleblower
19 – King Princess (1998), American genderqueer singer-songwriter
20 – Bell Nuntita (1983), Thai actress, singer
22 – Sandra Forgues (1969), French canoeist, olympic medalist, transgender woman
25 – Mianne Bagger (1966), Danish golfer
28 – Lili Elbe (1882–1931), Danish transgender artist
28 – Lilly Wachowski (1967), American director, writer, producer
29 – Billy Tipton (1914–1989), American musician and bandleader
31 – Diana Sacayán (1975–2015), Argentinian transgender rights activist

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... that the 2015 State of the Union Address was the first State of the Union Address in which the President of the United States used the words "gay", "lesbian", and "transgender"?
... that Nicole Maines won a Maine Supreme Court ruling that denying transgender students access to the bathroom consistent with their gender was unlawful, and went on to become the superheroine Dreamer in the television series Supergirl?
... that in 1776, a person reported being genderless, changed names to the Public Universal Friend, dressed androgynously, asked not to be referred to with gendered pronouns, and has been called a chapter in transgender history "before 'transgender'"?

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Image 1Ian Harvie, an American comedian and openly transgender man.
Image 2Atlas on laws concerning gender identity-expression by country or territory. Purple regions allow legal gender change, red regions have no legal gender change and the status in grey regions is unknown or ambiguous. Light purple regions require surgery to change gender and dark purple regions do not require surgery.
Image 3Bust of Elagabalus, Roman Emperor of the Severan dynasty who reigned from 218 to 222. Elagabalus' gender identity is the source of much controversy and debate. Because of accounts by contemporary historian Cassius Dio and others that Elagabalus wore women's clothing, preferred to be called a lady, and sought vaginoplasty, the emperor is considered by some historians to be an early transgender figure and one of the first on record as seeking sex reassignment surgery.
Image 4Painting of Danish artist and transgender woman Lili Elbe circa 1928 done by her wife Gerda Wegener.
Image 5Anna Grodzka, the first transsexual MP in Europe
Image 6Lithograph of trans woman Mary Jones, whose 1836 trial gripped American media

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Full list: Outline of transgender topics, see also: Category:Transgender topics

Gender identity	Androgyny • Gender bender • Non-binary gender • Third gender • Transgender / Transsexualism (Trans man • Trans woman • Sex reassignment surgery)
Gender expression	Cross-dressing • Drag (Drag king • Drag queen) • Transvestism
History	Transgender history (in Brazil • in Finland • in the UK • in the US)
Legal aspects	Legal status of transgender people • Access to amenities
Attitudes	Transphobia • Transmisogyny
People	List of transgender people • Transgender youth • Category:Transgender and transsexual people
Portrayals in the media	List of fictional trans characters • List of transgender characters in film • List of transgender characters in television • Category:Transgender actors • Cross-dressing in film and television

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