List of transgendered people
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This list consists of well-known people who are transgender
in identity or behavior. The individual listings note the subject's nationality and main occupation.
It is often difficult to construe the gender and sexual identity of those people who lived before the 20th century, since most of the modern concepts of gender were not developed until the second half of the century. In most non-Western and ancient or medieval societies, transgender people are seen as a different gender in itself, and there is a separate category for them, that is different from both 'men' and 'women'. They are often described collectively as 'third gender
s.' There is no concept of 'homosexuality,' 'heterosexuality' or 'sexual orientation' in these societies, and gender orientation is the sole criterion for determining identities of individuals. These societies traditionally have separate social spaces for third gendered people, which is separate from both men's social spaces
and women's social spaces.
Some of the persons listed here crossdressed during wartime
for various purposes.
It should also be noted that transgender people are by definition not "transvestites" or "drag performers" because the latter do not live or identify their gender as being opposite of their sex assigned at birth consistently in their daily lives.
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Transgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....
in identity or behavior. The individual listings note the subject's nationality and main occupation.
It is often difficult to construe the gender and sexual identity of those people who lived before the 20th century, since most of the modern concepts of gender were not developed until the second half of the century. In most non-Western and ancient or medieval societies, transgender people are seen as a different gender in itself, and there is a separate category for them, that is different from both 'men' and 'women'. They are often described collectively as 'third gender
Third gender
The terms third gender and third sex describe individuals who are categorized as neither man nor woman, as well as the social category present in those societies who recognize three or more genders...
s.' There is no concept of 'homosexuality,' 'heterosexuality' or 'sexual orientation' in these societies, and gender orientation is the sole criterion for determining identities of individuals. These societies traditionally have separate social spaces for third gendered people, which is separate from both men's social spaces
Men's spaces
Men's spaces are separate social and cultural spaces, roles and norms available to men in some non-westernized societies. It is the membership of these spaces that determines a male's manhood, while failing to get a membership of this space amounts to being denied manhood, and to be liable to...
and women's social spaces.
Some of the persons listed here crossdressed during wartime
Crossdressing during wartime
Many people have engaged in cross-dressing during wartime under various circumstances and for various motives. This has been especially true of women, whether while serving as a soldier in otherwise all-male armies, while protecting or disguising their identity in dangerous circumstances, or for...
for various purposes.
It should also be noted that transgender people are by definition not "transvestites" or "drag performers" because the latter do not live or identify their gender as being opposite of their sex assigned at birth consistently in their daily lives.
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- Marja-Sisko AaltoMarja-Sisko AaltoMarja-Sisko Aalto is a Finnish transsexual minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. She was the vicar of the Imatra parish from 1986 to 2010....
(b. 1954), Finnish Evangelic-Lutheran priest - Alexander James AdamsAlexander James AdamsAlexander James Adams is an American singer, musician and songwriter in the Celtic and World music genres. He blends mythical, fantasy, and traditional themes in performances, switching between instrumental fiddle and songs accompanied by guitar, bodhrán, and fiddle playing...
, American musician, singer and songwriter - Calpernia AddamsCalpernia AddamsCalpernia Sarah Addams is an American author, actress, musician, and a spokesperson and activist for transgender rights and issues.-Biography:...
(b. 1971), American actress, author, and entrepreneur - AderetAderet (singer)Aderet is an Israeli entertainer who performs pop and dance tracks. Her music is heavily influenced by Trance and House music.In 2001, "Le'at Uvatuah" from her debut album The Answer made radio rotation. The English version of her 2006 album "Tenth Floor" is called "Survival Nation"...
(b. 1976), Israeli pop singer - Rebecca AllisonRebecca AllisonRebecca Anne "Becky" Allison is an American cardiologist and incoming President of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association . In 2008 she was elected Chair of the American Medical Association Advisory Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues...
(b. 1946), American cardiologist, president-elect of Gay and Lesbian Medical Association - Nadia AlmadaNadia AlmadaNadia Conceicao Almada is a Madeiran-born UK reality television star, best known for being the first transsexual winner of Big Brother in series 5 in 2004.-Big Brother:...
(b. 1977), Portuguese reality television participant - Barbra Amesbury (b. 1948), Canadian singer-songwriter
- Charlie AndersCharlie AndersCharlie Jane Anders is an American transgender fiction author and commentator.She has written several books and is the publisher of other magazine, the "magazine of pop culture and politics for the new outcasts", she was winner of a 2005 Lambda Literary Award and a 2009 Emperor Norton Award...
, American author - Jacob Anderson-MinshallJacob Anderson-MinshallJacob Anderson-Minshall is a transgender American author. Born female, Anderson-Minshall was raised as Susannah "Suzy" Minshall on a farm outside Inkom, Idaho. In high school, Anderson-Minshall spent a year in Germany as part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program. He later received a B.A...
, American transgender author - Buck AngelBuck AngelBuck Angel is a female-to-male transsexual and adult film maker and an LGBT icon of popular culture. He is also founder of Buck Angel Entertainment, as a vehicle to produce media projects...
, American transmale porn star - Carla AntonelliCarla AntonelliCarla Delgado Gómez is a Canarian-Spanish actress who uses the stage name Carla Antonelli...
(born 1960), Spanish actress and activist - Gwen AraujoGwen AraujoGwen Amber Rose Araujo , born Edward Araujo, Jr., an American teenage pre-operative transgender woman, was murdered in Newark, California, in October 2002. She was killed by four men, with two of whom she had been sexually intimate, who beat and strangled her after discovering she was transgender...
(1985–2002), American transsexual teenager - Valerie Arkell-SmithValerie Arkell-SmithValerie Arkell-Smith , was a crossdresser who pretended to have fought in the RAF as Colonel Sir Victor Barker DSO.-Life prior to crossdressing:...
(1895–1960), British writer and entertainer - Alexis ArquetteAlexis ArquetteAlexis Arquette is an American trans woman, actress, musician, and cabaret performer.-Early life:...
(b. 1969), American actor and musician - Victoria ArellanoVictoria ArellanoVictoria Arellano was a Mexican immigrant to the United States who died from complications of AIDS while in the custody of the Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
(1984–2007), Mexican immigrant to the US who died in an immigration detention facility - Nina ArsenaultNina Arsenault- External links :* * Arsenault's at Fab Magazine.* Nina Arsenault...
(b. c. 1975), Canadian writer - April AshleyApril AshleyApril Ashley is an English model and restaurant hostess. She was the first British person to be outed as a transsexual, which was by the Sunday People in 1961...
(b. 1935), English model - Estelle AsmodelleEstelle AsmodelleEstelle Asmodelle , formerly known as Estelle Maria Croot, is an Australian model, belly dancer, writer, musician and actress...
(b. 1964), Australian actress, author, and dancer
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- Mianne BaggerMianne BaggerMianne Bagger is a touring professional golfer from Denmark. Bagger took up golf at the age of eight. At the age of 14, she was pictured with golf legend Greg Norman during a golf clinic. Bagger moved to Australia in 1979. In 1995, she had sex reassignment surgery...
(b. 1966), Danish golfer - Jenny BaileyJenny BaileyJenny Bailey is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was the civic leader of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, England. Bailey served her mayoral term from 2007-2008. Bailey became a member of the city council in 2002, when she was elected to represent the suburb of East Chesterton within...
, English politician - Herculine BarbinHerculine BarbinHerculine Barbin was a French intersex person who was treated as a female at birth but was later redesignated a male after an affair and physical examination.-Biography:...
(1838–1868), French intersex person - Jeanne BaréJeanne BaréJeanne Baret was a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's expedition on the ships La Boudeuse and Étoile in 1766–1769. Baret is recognized as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation.Jeanne Baret joined the expedition disguised as a man, calling herself Jean Baret...
(1740–1803), French botanist, sailed around the world with Louis Antoine de BougainvilleLouis Antoine de BougainvilleLouis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville was a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of James Cook, he took part in the French and Indian War and the unsuccessful French attempt to defend Canada from Britain... - Ben BarresBen BarresBen A. Barres M.D., Ph.D. is an American neurobiologist who teaches at Stanford University. His research focuses on the interaction between neurons and glial cells in the nervous system...
, American neurobiologist - James BarryJames Barry (surgeon)James Barry , was a military surgeon in the British Army. After graduation from the University of Edinburgh, Barry served in India and Cape Town, South Africa. By the end of his career, he had risen to the rank of Inspector General in charge of military hospitals...
(1795–1865), British surgeon - Michelle BelangerMichelle BelangerMichelle Belanger is an American author, singer and prominent advocate of the vampire lifestyle community, a self-described "psychic vampire", and an active speaker and commentator for those interested in vampires and vampirism...
(b. 1977), American Occult author and vampire activist - Esben Esther Pirelli BenestadEsben Esther Pirelli BenestadEsben Esther Pirelli Benestad is a Norwegian physician and sexologist who is also known as one of Norway's most prominent transpersons. Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad was originally known as just Esben Benestad, but often publishes work in the name which includes her alias Esther Pirelli, the name...
(b. 1949), Norwegian physician, family therapist, sexologist. - S. Bear BergmanS. Bear BergmanS. Bear Bergman is a transgender author, poet, playwright, and theater artist. Bergman identifies as neither male nor female and prefers pronouns "ze" and "hir".-Biography:...
(b. 1974), Jewish American writer and performance artist - Danielle Bunten BerryDanielle Bunten BerryDanielle Bunten Berry , born Daniel Paul Bunten, and also known as Dan Bunten, was an American game designer and programmer, known for the 1983 game M.U.L.E. , and 1984's The Seven Cities of Gold.-Biography:Bunten was born in St Louis, Missouri, and moved to Little Rock, Arkansas as a...
(1949–1998), American software developer - Georgina BeyerGeorgina BeyerGeorgina Beyer was the world's first openly transsexual mayor, as well as the world's first openly transsexual Member of Parliament, and from 27 November 1999 until 14 February 2007 was an MP for the Labour Party in New Zealand.-Early life:Georgina Bertrand was born and assigned male at birth, and...
(b. 1957), New Zealander politician - Alexandra BillingsAlexandra BillingsAlexandra Scott Billings is an American transgender actress. She is the first trans woman to have played a transgender character on television.- Early life :...
(b. 1962), American actress, singer, and educator - Maddie BlausteinMaddie BlausteinMadeleine Joan Blaustein was an American voice actress...
(1960–2008) American voice actress - Chaz Bono (b. 1969), American singer and activist
- Justin Vivian Bond (b. 1963), American singer-songwriter, performance artist.
- Kate BornsteinKate BornsteinKate Bornstein is a Jewish-American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist.-Biography:Born in Neptune City, New Jersey, Bornstein studied Theater Arts with John Emigh and Jim Barnhill at Brown University . Bornstein joined the Church of Scientology but later became...
(b. 1948), American author, performance artist, and gender theorist - Jennifer Finney BoylanJennifer Finney BoylanJennifer Finney Boylan is an American author and professor at Colby College. She has openly discussed being a trans woman. Boylan's memoir, She's Not There, was published by Broadway Books in 2003. Until 2001, she published under the name James Boylan...
(b. 1958), American author and educator - M. C. BrennanM. C. BrennanM. C. "Cait" Brennan is an American rock vocalist, screenwriter and filmmaker.- Early life :Brennan was born in Phoenix, Arizona, the daughter of noted session and touring musician Ron Dobbins...
(b. 1969), American author, filmmaker and performer - Namoli BrennetNamoli BrennetNamoli Brennet is a Tucson-based trans/genderqueer singer-songwriter who has been touring the United States since 2002 when she released her first album, Boy in a Dress. She has since released seven albums on her own record label, Flaming Dame Records. Brennet has opened the concert for Melissa...
, American folk singer - Willmer "Little Ax" Broadnax (1916–1994), American Gospel tenor
- Sara Davis BuechnerSara Davis BuechnerSara Davis Buechner is an American concert pianist and educator. She has been an assistant professor of piano at the University of British Columbia since 2003, and was formerly a member of the faculties of Manhattan School of Music and New York University.Buechner received her bachelor's and...
(b. 1964), American musician - Balian BuschbaumBalian BuschbaumBalian Buschbaum is a former German pole vaulter.Buschbaum's personal best is 4.70 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Ulm. This ranks Buschbaum second among German pole vaulters, only behind Annika Becker...
(b. 1980), German pole vaulter and two time European Championship bronze medalist
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- Meryn CadellMeryn CadellMeryn Cadell is a Canadian writer and performance artist. He is an assistant professor of song lyrics and libretto writing in the Creative Writing Program at University of British Columbia.Cadell is a transsexual man who transitioned in 2003...
, Canadian writer and musician - Patrick CalifiaPatrick CalifiaPatrick Califia , born 1954 near Corpus Christi, Texas is a writer of nonfiction essays about sexuality and of erotic fiction and poetry. Califia is a bisexual trans man.-Biography:...
(b. 1954), American writer - Loren CameronLoren CameronLoren Rex Cameron is an American photographer, author and transsexual activist. His work includes portraiture and self-portraiture which consist of lesbian and transsexual bodies in both clothed and nude form...
(b. 1959), American photographer/visual artist - Keith CaputoKeith CaputoKeith Mina Caputo is the lead singer and a founding member of the New York heavy metal band Life of Agony.-Career:Caputo started Life of Agony in 1989 with guitarist Joey Z and bassist Alan Robert. Drummer Sal Abruscato was recruited soon afterwards. After signing with Roadrunner Records, they...
(b. 1973) Singer for Life of AgonyLife of Agony-Formation and River Runs Red :The band was formed in the summer of 1989 by singer Keith Caputo, bassist Alan Robert and guitarist Joey Z. After playing with several drummers, they enlisted Type O Negative drummer Sal Abruscato before recording the debut album River Runs Red after they signed to...
. - Micha CárdenasMicha CárdenasMicha Cárdenas is a transgender performance and new media artist. Her work deals with the interplay of technology, gender, sex, immigration and biopolitics. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.- Education :...
(b. 1977), American artist/theorist and lecturer of Visual Arts and Critical Gender Studies at UCSD - Wendy CarlosWendy CarlosWendy Carlos is an American composer and electronic musician. Carlos first came to notice in the late 1960s with recordings made on the Moog synthesizer, then a relatively new and unknown instrument; most notable were LPs of synthesized Bach and the soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick's film A...
(b. 1939), American composer and electronic musician - Lynda CashLynda CashLynda Cash was the first transsexual to have served in the Royal Navy. She served in the Falklands War as a man and was rejected from royal navy service.- Pre-operation :...
(b. ?), English Navy officer - Albert CashierAlbert CashierAlbert D. J. Cashier , born Jennie Irene Hodgers, was an Irish-born soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Cashier was born female assigned at birth, but lived as a man.-Early life:...
(1843–1915), Irish-born Union ArmyUnion ArmyThe Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
soldier - Candis CayneCandis CayneCandis Cayne is an American actress and performance artist.Known in the New York City nightclub scene since the 1990s, Cayne came to national attention in 2007 for portraying transgender mistress Carmelita on ABC's prime time drama Dirty Sexy Money...
(b. ?), American actress and performance artist - Chen LiliChen LiliChen Lili is a transsexual singer, model, and actress from China. She became widely known in 2004 when she competed and attempted to compete in beauty pageants as a woman....
(b. 1980), Chinese transsexual woman - Choi Han-bitChoi Han-bitChoi Han-bit is a South Korean model and actress. She is a graduate of the School of Dance at the Korean National University of Arts in Seoul, where she majored in Korean traditional dance. With the support of her parents, Choi underwent male-to-female sex reassignment surgery in 2006...
, South Korean model - Cindy Thái TàiCindy Thai TaiCindy Thai Tai was born Nguyen Thai Tai in Vietnam. In 2005, she underwent sex reassignment surgery at Yanhee International Hospital in Thailand. Afterwards she became a well-known singer in her home country, releasing albums in 2006 and 2007....
, Vietnamese singer, model - Mary Elizabeth ClarkMary Elizabeth ClarkSister Mary Elizabeth Clark is the main mover of the AIDS Education and Global Information System , previously a pre-World Wide Web bulletin board system....
(b. 1938), Episcopal Sister - Angela ClaytonAngela ClaytonAngela Helen Clayton MBE, is a campaigner for the rights of transsexual people. Based in the United Kingdom, she is a physicist by profession.After early traumatic experiences when she approached medics for help with her transsexualism, she finally transitioned without medical support and only...
, British physicist and activist - Roberta CloseRoberta CloseRoberta Close is a Brazilian model. The first pre-operative transsexual model to have posed for the Brazilian edition of Playboy, Close is probably Brazil's most famous transsexual woman....
(b. 1964), Brazilian model - CoccinelleCoccinelleCoccinelle is the French word for a ladybug . It may refer to:*a French transsexual actress and entertainer, see Coccinelle*an Italian leatherware and shoe manufacturer, see Coccinelle...
(1931–2006), French singer and entertainer - Raewyn ConnellRaewyn ConnellRaewyn Connell is an Australian sociologist. She is currently University Professor at the University of Sydney.-Profile:...
(b. 1944), Australian sociologist and academic - Joanne ConteJoanne ConteJoanne Conte served as a councilwoman in Arvada, Colorado from 1991 to 1995. She earned her master's degree in political science from the University of Colorado. Conte was born male and underwent sex reassignment surgery in 1973. She is noteworthy for being part of a small group of transsexual...
Politician and radio show host - Lynn ConwayLynn ConwayLynn Conway is an American computer scientist, electrical engineer, inventor, trans woman, and activist for the transgender community....
(b. 1938), American computer scientist and electrical engineer - T CooperT CooperT Cooper is a FTM American novelist. He is the author of three novels, The Beaufort Diaries , Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes , and Some of the Parts...
, American novelist - Caroline CosseyCaroline CosseyCaroline "Tula" Cossey is an English model. She is one of the world's most well known transsexual women, having appeared in a James Bond film and been the first to pose for Playboy...
, professional name "Tula" (b. 1954), English model, actress, and author - Jayne CountyJayne CountyJayne County , formerly known as Wayne County, is an American male-to-female transsexual performer, musician and actress whose career has spanned several decades. County would go on to be known as rock's first transsexual singer...
, American musician - Roberta CowellRoberta CowellRoberta Cowell, , was the first known British male-to-female transsexual to undergo sex reassignment surgery.Born Robert Cowell, she was a Spitfire pilot in World War II and a racing driver after the war. She had a vaginoplasty on 15 May 1951, via a surgical method invented and performed by Dr...
(b. 1921), British transsexual - Brittany CoxXxBrittany CoxXxBrittany CoxXx is the stage name of a pornographic actress currently working in transsexual pornography. CoxXx was born as Adrian Cortez and had a successful career in gay pornography under the name Stonie before transitioning from male to female...
(b. 1978), American trans woman porn star - Kate Craig-WoodKate Craig-WoodKate Craig-Wood is a British IT entrepreneur and the co-founder and managing director of Memset Dedicated Hosting. She is also a champion for the causes of energy efficiency, especially in the data centre, and women in IT.-Career:...
(b. 1977), British IT entrepreneur - Jackie CurtisJackie CurtisJohn Curtis Holder, Jr. , better known as Jackie Curtis, was an actor, writer, singer and Warhol Superstar.-Early life and career:...
(1947–1985), American actress and writer - Molly CutpurseMolly CutpurseMolly Cutpurse is an English transgender author. She was born in Stratford in the East End of London in September 1952 and raised in nearby Leyton...
(b. 1952), English author
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- Christine Daniels (1957–2009), American writer
- Candy DarlingCandy DarlingCandy Darling was an American actress, best known as a Warhol Superstar. A male-to-female transsexual, she starred in Andy Warhol's films Flesh and Women in Revolt , and was a muse of the protopunk band The Velvet Underground.-Early life:Candy Darling was born James Lawrence Slattery in Forest...
(1944–1974), American performer - Gia DarlingGia DarlingGia Darling is a transsexual adult film actress, director, and producer.-Entrepreneur:She owns and operates Gia Darling Entertainment. A self-described "homebody," she is content to spend quiet evenings at home reading a good book in the company of her dogs, Precious and Preston...
, Guatemalan-born American adult entertainer - Florencia De La VFlorencia De La VFlorencia De La V, previously known as "Florencia de la Vega", was born Roberto Carlos Trinidad on March 2, 1976 in Chaco Province). She is an Argentinian transgender actress and former magazine editor.De La V was the winner of Bailando por un Sueño in 2006 with her professional dance partner,...
(b. 1976), ArgentineArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
actress - Vicky de LambrayVicky de LambrayVicky de Lambray , also known as Vikki de Lambray, formerly David Christian Lloyd-Gibbon or David Gibbon, was a transvestite male prostitute, conman and thief who became a favourite of Fleet Street gossip columnists...
(d. 1986), English prostitute, conman - Baby DeeBaby DeeBaby Dee is an American performance artist, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter from Cleveland, Ohio.-Early career:In the 1970s, Baby Dee began her musical career as a street performer, but soon decided to take work as an organist at a Catholic church in the Bronx...
(b. 1953), American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and performance artist - Michael DillonMichael DillonLaurence Michael Dillon was a British physician and the first female-to-male transsexual to undergo phalloplasty. His brother, Sir Robert Dillon, was the eighth Baronet of Lismullen in Ireland....
(1915–1962), British physician - Michelle DumaresqMichelle DumaresqMichelle Dumaresq is a professional downhill mountain bike competitor and post-operative trans woman. She is from Canada and competes with other professional female downhill mountain bike racers. She entered the sport in 2001, six years after completing SRS, when she was discovered riding on...
, Canadian bicycle racer
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- ElagabalusElagabalusElagabalus , also known as Heliogabalus, was Roman Emperor from 218 to 222. A member of the Severan Dynasty, he was Syrian on his mother's side, the son of Julia Soaemias and Sextus Varius Marcellus. Early in his youth he served as a priest of the god El-Gabal at his hometown, Emesa...
(c. 203-222), Roman emperor - Lili ElbeLili ElbeLili Elbe was an Intersex person and one of the first identifiable recipients of male to female sex reassignment surgery. Elbe was born as a male in Denmark. Born as Einar Mogens Wegener, she identified as male for most of her life and was a successful artist with that name...
(1882–1931), Danish transsexual - Chevalier d'EonChevalier d'EonCharles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont , usually known as the Chevalier d'Éon, was a French diplomat, spy, soldier and Freemason whose first 49 years were spent as a man, and whose last 33 years were spent as a woman...
(1728–1810), French diplomat - Bülent ErsoyBülent ErsoyBülent Ersoy is a transgender Turkish celebrity and popular singer of Ottoman classical music. Over the years, Ersoy has become a symbol for the increased tolerance for LGBT figures in Turkish media....
(b. 1952), Turkish singer
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- Leslie FeinbergLeslie FeinbergLeslie Feinberg is a transgender queer and communist activist, speaker, and author. Feinberg's first novel Stone Butch Blues is widely considered a groundbreaking work about gender.- Career :...
(b. 1949), American author and activist - Jamie FentonJamie FentonJamie Faye Fenton is a game programmer. She is known for being the programmer of the 1981 hit arcade game, Gorf, before she transitioned from male to female around 1998. The community of transgendered people is a place where Jamie has been active...
(b. ?), American software-engineer and video game writer - Bibiana FernándezBibiana FernándezBibiana Fernández, also known as Bibí Andersen is a Spanish actress and model.- Biography :She was born as a boy called Manuel and spent her childhood in Malaga. She later went to Barcelona to fulfill her dream of being an artist...
(b. 1954), Spanish actress and model - Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th BaronetSir Ewan Forbes, 11th BaronetSir Ewan Forbes of Craigievar was the 11th Baronet of Craigievar from 1968 to his death, as well as a general practitioner and farmer. At birth, he was christened "Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill", and officially registered as the youngest daughter of Lord Sempill...
(1912–1991), Doctor, farmer, 11th Baronet of CraigievarForbes BaronetsThere have been five Baronetcies created for people with the surname Forbes, four in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom... - Danielle FoxxxDanielle FoxxxDanielle Foxxx is an American post-op transsexual pornographic film actress.- Early life :Danielle Foxxx was the only child of a Brazilian mother and a German-American Father. Her parents moved to the U.S. when she was 14 years old...
(b. 1979), Brazilian porn film actress - Ina FriedIna FriedIna Fried, formerly Ian Fried, is an American journalist and senior editor for All Things Digital, where she authors the blog Mobilized. Prior to that, she was a senior staff writer for CNET Network's News.com...
(b. ?), American author and senior writer for CNET Networks
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- Ketty GabrieleKetty GabrieleUgo Gabriele aka "Ketty" is a reputed Italian mafia figure. Gabriele, a member of the Camorra crime family, was billed as the first transgender mafia figure following an arrest by Naples police in February 2009...
(b. 1982), reputed Italian mafia figure - Dorce GamalamaDorce GamalamaDorce Gamalama is an Indonesian transsexual pop singer, actress, presenter, and comedian....
(b. 1963), Indonesian entertainer - General Tito Anibal da Paixao GomesMaria Teresinha GomesMaria Teresinha Gomes also known as a generala was a Portuguese woman notable for spending nearly 20 years successfully pretending to be a male army general....
(d. 2007), Portuguese Scam Artist - Jamison GreenJamison GreenJamison "James" Green is a leader in the transgender rights movement.-Activism:Green is known as an activist for the legal protection, medical access, safety, civil rights and dignity of transgender and transsexual people. He has published several essays and articles, and writes a column for...
(b. 1948), American writer and educator
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- Jamie Lee HamiltonJamie Lee HamiltonJamie Lee Hamilton is a Canadian politician and advocate of aboriginal people, residents of the city's poverty-stricken Downtown Eastside, and sex trade workers...
(b. 1955), Canadian aboriginal activist and politician - Jan HamiltonJan HamiltonJan Hamilton is the first officer in the British Army to complete gender reassignment from male to female.-Early life:...
(b. 1965), British soldier - Harisu (b. 1975), South Korean model, singer, and actress
- Lauren HarriesLauren HarriesLauren Charlotte Harries , is a British media personality. In childhood Harries was known as James, a purported "child prodigy" in the field of antiques, appearing on numerous television shows including Wogan...
(b. 1978), English child prodigy - Alan L. HartAlan L. HartAlan L. Hart was an American physician, radiologist, tuberculosis researcher, writer and novelist. At birth, Hart was assigned female and named Alberta Lucille Hart. He was in 1917-18 one of the first female to male transsexuals to undergo hysterectomy and gonadectomy in the United States, and...
(1890–1962) Physician, researcher, writer - Ian HarvieIan HarvieIan Harvie is an American stand-up comedian who often references being a trans man in his performances.-Early life:Harvie knew he was transgender at a very early age, but didn't have a language for his gender identity at the time. Ian came out as queer at nineteen and later as Transgender at age...
American Comedian - Antony HegartyAntony HegartyAntony Hegarty is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons.-Early life:...
British-born lead singer of Antony and the JohnsonsAntony and the JohnsonsAntony and the Johnsons is a music group presenting the work of Antony Hegarty and his collaborators.-Career:British experimental musician David Tibet of Current 93 heard a demo and offered to release Antony's music through his Durtro label. The debut album, Antony and the Johnsons, was released...
. - Rebecca HeinemanRebecca HeinemanRebecca Ann Heineman is an American video game programmer. A long-time veteran of the computer game industry , Heineman was a founding member of Interplay Productions, Logicware, Contraband Entertainment...
(b. 1963), Computer video game programmer - Sandra Mara HerzerSandra Mara HerzerAnderson Bigode Herzer , was a writer and poet. He committed suicide at the age 20...
(1962–1982), Brazilian counter cultureCounter CultureCounter Culture is a 2005 compilation double album by English folk/rock singer-songwriter Roy Harper featuring 25 classic Roy Harper songs, cherry picked according to his mood in April 2005. This collection spans 35 years of song writing and is intended as an introduction for anyone who's not sure...
writer and poet - Mary Ann HortonMary Ann HortonMary Ann Horton, formerly Mark R. Horton , is a Usenet and Internet pioneer. Horton contributed to Berkeley UNIX , including the vi editor and terminfo database, and led the growth of Usenet in the 1980s....
, computer expert - Tyra HunterTyra HunterTyra Hunter was an African-American transsexual woman who died after being injured as a passenger in a car accident and refused medical care...
(c. 1970-1995), American hairdresser
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- Dana InternationalDana InternationalSharon Cohen , professionally known as Dana International is an Israeli pop singer of Yemenite Jewish ancestry. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums, positioning herself as one of Israel's most successful musical acts ever...
(b. 1972), Israeli singer - Kim Coco IwamotoKim Coco IwamotoKim Coco Iwamoto was a member of the Hawaii Board of Education. Iwamoto was elected in November 2006, making her at that time the highest ranking transgender elected official in the United States and the first transgender official to win statewide office...
, Hawaii politician
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- Andrea JamesAndrea JamesAndrea Jean James is an American film consultant, actress, LGBT rights activist, and transsexual woman.-Career:In 2003, James co-founded Deep Stealth Productions with her business partner Calpernia Addams, to create educational materials for transsexual women, to raise awareness about the epidemic...
(b. 1967), American entrepreneur, filmmaker, and activist - Marsha P. JohnsonMarsha P. JohnsonMarsha P. Johnson born in Elizabeth, New Jersey as Malcolm Michaels, Jr. was an African American transgender activist and a popular figure in New York City's gay and art scene from the 1960s to the 1990s....
(1945–1992), American activist - Nireah JohnsonNireah JohnsonNireah Johnson was an African American transgender woman, murdered in Indianapolis, Indiana by Paul Moore, after Moore discovered Johnson was not a cisgender woman.-Background:...
(1986–2003), African American murder victim - Jeffrey Catherine JonesJeff Jones (artist)Jeffrey Catherine Jones was an American artist whose work is best known from the late 1960s through 2000s. Jones provided over 150 covers for many different types of books through 1976, as well as venturing into fine art during and after this time...
(b. 1944), painter and comic book artist - Christine JorgensenChristine JorgensenChristine Jorgensen was the first widely known person to have sex reassignment surgery—in this case, male to female.-Early life:...
(1926–1989), American transsexual - Michelle JosefMichelle JosefMichelle Josef is a Canadian musician and transgender activist.Josef was born Bohdan Hluszko. Under her former name, Josef was already established as one of Canada's leading session drummers, and has continued her career in music. She has appeared on albums by Prairie Oyster, Doug Sahm, Jo-El...
(b. 1954), Canadian musician
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- Christina KahrlChristina KahrlChristina Kahrl is one of the co-founders of Baseball Prospectus. She is the former executive editor of the think tank's website, , the former managing editor for their annual publication, and is currently writing and editing for ESPN.com. She is a member of the Baseball Writers Association of...
, American sportswriter - Kamikawa Aya (b. 1968), Japanese politician
- Roz KaveneyRoz KaveneyRoz Kaveney is a British writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and editor. She was born male but changed to and thereafter has lived as a female...
(b. 1949), British writer - Hetty KingHetty KingWinifred Emms , best known by her stage name Hetty King, was an English entertainer who played in the music halls over a period of 70 years.-Birth:...
(1883–1972), English male impersonator - Isis KingIsis KingIsis King is an American fashion model and a fashion designer. She was a contestant on both the eleventh cycle and the seventeenth cycle of the reality television show America's Next Top Model...
(b. 1985), American model, fashion designer - Andreas KriegerAndreas KriegerAndreas Krieger is a former German shot putter, who competed as a woman on the East German athletics team at SC Dynamo Berlin...
(b. 1966), German athlete
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- LadyLady (group)Lady was a Korean pop group, noted as the first transgender group from that country. The band consisted of Sinae, Sahara, Binu and Yuna. According to the official story, they were the best out of hundreds who tried out to be part of this band...
, Korean transgender pop group - Vicci LaineVicci LaineVicci Laine is the stage name of an American transsexual stage performer, singer, HIV/AIDS fundraiser and activist. Her first stage name was "Betty Blow Back", which she later changed to Vicci Laine.- Biography :...
(b. 1960), American female impersonator/transsexual performer, celebrity impersonator, singer, and HIV/Aids activist - Greer LanktonGreer LanktonGreer Lankton was an American artist, whose work was dedicated to creating life-like, posable dolls and figures. Greer Lankton was born Greg Lankton in Flint, Michigan, to a Presbyterian minister and his wife. It was during her rough childhood as a feminine boy that she began creating dolls."It...
(1958–1996), American artist - Lee Si-yeonLee Si-yeonLee Si-yeon is a South Korean transsexual actress and model.Lee debuted as a male model under her birth name Dae-hak, becoming known for her feminine appearance and wearing women's clothing on the catwalk, but ultimately wished to pursue a career as an actor...
(b. 1979), South Korean actress - Yasmin LeeYasmin LeeYasmin Lee is an American transsexual pornographic film actress and model.She is of Thai, Cambodian, Chinese, and Brazilian heritage. Her family moved from Thailand to the Philippines before finally settling down in Orange County, California. She joined the U.S...
, (b. 1983), Thai-born actress and adult entertainer - Amanda LeporeAmanda LeporeAmanda Lepore is an American model, nightclub hostess, fashion icon, performance artist, and transgender icon. She has appeared in advertising for numerous companies, including M.A.C. cosmetics, Mego Jeans, The Blonds, Swatch, CAMP Cosmetics, and Heatherette, which has used her likeness on...
, American transsexual icon and model - Alicia LiuAlicia LiuAlicia Liu Xun-ai was born in Taoyuan, Taiwan on Jane 12, 1986. She is a Taiwanese model and television personality, sometimes known by the nickname Xiao Ai....
, Taiwanese model - Vladimir LuxuriaVladimir LuxuriaVladimir Luxuria born Wladimiro Guadagno in Foggia, Apulia is an Italian actress, writer, politician and television personality. Luxuria was a Communist Refoundation Party member of the Italian parliament, belonging to Romano Prodi's L'Unione coalition...
(b. 1965), Italian politician and actress - Cam LymanCam LymanCam Lyman , born Camilla in Westwood, Massachusetts, was a transgender man and a multi-millionaire breeder of champion Clumber spaniels...
(1932-c. 1987), American dog breeder
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- Mimi MarksMimi MarksMimi Marks is a transsexual entertainer. She performs at The Baton Show Lounge in Chicago, Ill..Mimi was born Mark in Waterloo, Iowa, but grew up in Oelwein, Iowa...
, American entertainer - Lily McBethLily McBethLily B. McBeth is an American transgender teacher from Tuckerton, New Jersey. She was born William B. McBeth and as part of her transition underwent sex reassignment surgery in 2005. Her actions were hailed as a model of tolerance and acceptance of transgender Americans. She has three grown...
(b. 1934), American educator - Deirdre McCloskeyDeirdre McCloskeyDeirdre N. McCloskey is an American economics professor. Her job title at the University of Illinois at Chicago is Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication...
(b. 1942), American economist - Amanda Milan (c. 1974-2000), American prostitute
- MiriamMiriam (entertainer)Miriam Rivera is a Mexican transsexual woman who appeared on the reality television shows There's Something About Miriam and Big Brother Australia 2004...
(b. c. 1981), Mexican reality TV star and adult entertainer - Micheline MontreuilMicheline MontreuilMicheline Anne Hélène Montreuil is a Quebec lawyer, teacher, writer, radio host, trade unionist and politician. As a transgender person, she became known for her legal struggles to defend her rights. On March 31, 2007, a nomination meeting without opposition chose her as the official candidate of...
, Quebec lawyer, teacher, politician - Angela MorleyAngela MorleyAngela Morley was an English composer and conductor. Morley was born in Leeds, Yorkshire in 1924, and played saxophone in a number of dance bands, and in 1944 became a member of Geraldo's band....
(1924-2009) English composer and conductor - Jan MorrisJan MorrisJan Morris CBE is a Welsh nationalist, historian, author and travel writer. She is known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy, a history of the British Empire, and for portraits of cities, notably Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Hong Kong, and New York City.With an English mother and Welsh father,...
(b. 1926), British historian and writer - Nizah MorrisNizah MorrisNizah Morris was an American transgender entertainer. On December 22, 2002 Morris suffered a severe head injury from which she did not recover. Morris died on December 24, 2002, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, when she was removed from life support...
(1955–2002), American entertainer
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- Ataru NakamuraAtaru Nakamurais a Japanese pop singer and songwriter.-Early life:Born in Tokyo on 28 June 1985, Nakamura began studying music at a young age. She taught herself to play the piano, guitar, and the drums at age ten, and began to write her own songs at the age of thirteen...
(b. 1985), Japanese singer
Toni Newman (b. 1962), African American Author (http://www.amazon.com/RISE--TRANSFORMATION-TONI-NEWMAN-ebook/dp/B004ZF7Z04/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318131967&sr=8-1 )75.83.156.116 (talk) 03:52, 9 October 2011 (UTC)75.83.156.116 (talk) 03:31, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
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- Caroline PaigeCaroline PaigeFlight Lieutenant Caroline Paige is the first officer in the Royal Air Force to have a sex change. Before her transition, she served in the cold war intercepting Soviet bomber planes, and was involved in the Gulf War and Bosnia Conflict....
(b. 1961), Royal Air Force soldier - Dee PalmerDee PalmerDee Palmer is an English composer arranger and keyboardist best known for having been a member of the rock group Jethro Tull.Palmer studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music with Richard Rodney Bennet,winning the Eric Coates Prize and The Boosey and Hawkes Prize...
(b. 1937), English musician from Jethro TullJethro Tull (band)Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with... - Pauline ParkPauline Park-Early life and education:Born in Korea, Park was adopted by European American parents and raised in the United States. As a child, she attended public schools in Milwaukee. Park received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, an M.Sc. in European studies from the London...
(b. 1960), American transgender activist - Charley ParkhurstCharley ParkhurstCharley Darkey Parkhurst, often Charlie/Charlene/Charlotte or Parkurst, born Mary Parkhurst , was an American stagecoach driver and early California settler...
(1812–1879), American stagecoach driver - Nicole Louise Pearce (b. 1964), Australian child murderer
- Grayson PerryGrayson PerryGrayson Perry is an English artist, known mainly for his ceramic vases and cross-dressing. Perry's vases have classical forms and are decorated in bright colours, depicting subjects at odds with their attractive appearance. There is a strong autobiographical element in his work, in which images of...
(b. 1960), English artist - Kim PetrasKim PetrasKim Petras is a German teen pop singer. She creates electronic dance pop music and is signed to independent record label Joyce Records. She has been the subject of extensive worldwide news media reporting regarding her transgender medical history in the context of her young age.-Early life:Kim...
(b. 1992), German pop singer - Rachel PollackRachel PollackRachel Pollack is an American science fiction author, comic book writer, and expert on divinatory tarot...
(b. 1945), American author - Midge PottsMidge PottsMidgelle Regina Potts - known as Midge Potts - is a transgender peace activist and Navy veteran who ran as a Progressive Party candidate in the 2010 Missouri Senate election...
, American political activist - Fay PrestoFay PrestoFay Presto is a British trans woman who is known as a magician and a member of The Inner Magic Circle. In 2001, Fay Presto played herself in ITV's Emmerdale. In 1998 she was voted ‘Party Entertainer of the Year’ by Tatler Magazine...
, British magician - Virginia PrinceVirginia PrinceVirginia Prince was an American transgender activist, who published Transvestia magazine and started Society for the Second Self for male heterosexual cross-dressers...
, American pharmacologist, transgender activist, and author
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- Stu RasmussenStu RasmussenStu Rasmussen is an American politician. He was reported to be the nation's first openly transgender mayor when he was elected as the mayor of Silverton, Oregon in November 2008. He had previously been elected twice in the 1990s as mayor of this Willamette Valley community, before coming out as...
(b. 1948), first openly transgender Mayor in the United States - Renée RichardsRenee RichardsRenée Richards is an American ophthalmologist, author and former professional tennis player. In 1975, Richards underwent sex reassignment surgery. She is known for initially being denied entry into the 1976 US Open by the United States Tennis Association, citing an unprecedented women-born-women...
(b. 1934), American athlete and physician - Vicki RichterVicki Richter-Awards:*2005 AVN Award for Transsexual Performer of the Year*2006 AVN Award nomination for Transsexual Performer of the Year*2009 AVN Award nomination for Transsexual Performer of the Year*2009 The Tranny Awards Winner for Best Transsexual Performer...
, American transgender porn actress - Sylvia RiveraSylvia RiveraSylvia Rae Rivera was an American transgender activist. Rivera was a founding member of both the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance and helped found STAR , a group dedicated to helping homeless young street trans women, with her friend Marsha P...
(1951–2002), American transgender activist - Eva Robin'sEva Robin'sEva Robin's is a transgender Italian actress and activist. She was born male and developed extremely feminine features naturally. She considers herself an androgynous individual, rather than transsexual...
(b. 1958), Italian actress and activist - Terri RogersTerri RogersTerri Rogers, born Ivan Southgate was a transsexual English ventriloquist and magician.Rogers was born in Ipswich and was a somewhat isolated youth but determined to build a career in variety...
(1937–1999), English ventriloquist - Martine RothblattMartine RothblattMartine Aliana Rothblatt Ph.D, MBA, J.D. is an American lawyer, author, and entrepreneur. Rothblatt graduated from UCLA with a combined law and MBA degree in 1981, then began work in Washington, D.C., first in the field of communication satellite law, and eventually in life sciences projects like...
(b. 1954), American lawyer and author - Joan RoughgardenJoan RoughgardenJoan E. Roughgarden is an American evolutionary biologist.- Biography :...
(b. 1946), American biologist - Henry RubinHenry RubinHenry S. Rubin is an American sociologist known for work on transsexualism.-Life and career:Rubin earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1988 from University of California, Santa Cruz and a master's degree and Ph.D. in sociology from Brandeis University in 1996...
(b. 1966), American sociologist
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- Trish SalahTrish SalahTrish Salah is a Canadian feminist writer and educator. Her first volume of poetry, Wanting in Arabic, was published in 2002 by TSAR Publications....
, Canadian poet, labour activist and educator - Ali SaleemAli SaleemAli Saleem , best known by his alter-ego Begum Nawazish Ali, is a Pakistani television host, actor, scriptwriter and impressionist...
(b. c. 1979), Pakistani television personality - Ryan SallansRyan SallansRyan Kim-Scout Sallans is an American LGBT rights advocate and out transman. Ryan began his transition from female-to-male in 2005...
(b 1979), American LGBT activist and public speaker - Antonia San JuanAntonia San JuanAntonia San Juan is a Spanish actress, director and screenwriter.She was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. At 19 she went to Madrid, where she started working as a professional theatre actress and also as a cabaret act in pubs and bars. She became known thanks to her role as Agrado in...
(b. 1961), Spanish actress and director - Fulvia Celica Siguas SandovalFulvia Celica Siguas SandovalFulvia Celica Siguas Sandoval was Peruvian transsexual woman. She had 64 different operations since 1979, to change her physical sexual characteristics, or for cosmetic enhancements, and is the Guinness Book of World Records for the most gender reassignment surgeries...
(d. 2004) Peruvian transsexual - Jeanette SchmidJeanette SchmidJeanette Schmid was a professional transsexual whistler.Born Rudolf Schmid in Volary, Sudetenland , Schmid began to dress in feminine clothing at a young age and loved singing and dancing...
(1924–2005), Czech whistler - Atisone Seiuli (1976–1998), Samoan prostitute
- Scott Turner SchofieldScott Turner SchofieldScott Turner Schofield, formerly KT Kilborn, is a FTM performer with a transgender identity. Based in Atlanta, GA, he has toured nationwide with his one-trannie shows, "Underground TRANSit", "Debutante Balls", and "Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps" since 2001....
(b. c. 1981), American writer and performer - Shabnam MausiShabnam MausiShabnam "Mausi" Bano is the first transgender Indian or hijra to be elected to public office. She was an elected member of the Madhya Pradesh State Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2003. Shabnam Mausi is born in a Brahmin family...
, Indian politician - Kemal Shahin (b. 1985), Cypriot reality television participant
- Lucas SilveiraLucas SilveiraLucas Silveira is the Canadian vocalist/guitarist and songwriter for the rock band The Cliks. He has recently released his first solo effort "MOCKINGBIRD" since founding The Cliks and is currently touring the US and Canada promoting it....
, Canadian rock musician - Dawn Langley SimmonsDawn Langley SimmonsDawn Langley Pepita Simmons was a prolific English author and biographer. Born "Gordon Langley Hall", Simmons lived her first decades as a male. As a young adult, she became close to British actress Margaret Rutherford, whom she considered an adoptive mother and who was the subject of a biography...
(1937–2000), British American writer - Amanda SimpsonAmanda SimpsonAmanda Simpson is the Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the United States Army . She was formerly the Senior Technical Adviser in the Bureau of Industry and Security and was the first openly transgender woman political appointee in any administration...
(b. 1961), political appointee - Theresa SparksTheresa SparksTheresa Sparks is the Executive Director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission and was a candidate for San Francisco Supervisor for District 6 in the November 2010 election. She is a former president of the San Francisco Police Commission and former CEO of Good Vibrations...
(b. 1949), American politician and entrepreneur - Rae SpoonRae SpoonRae Spoon is a Canadian transgender folk/indie singer/songwriter from Calgary, Alberta.His breakthrough album, 2008's Superioryouareinferior, was recorded in Calgary and introduced some electronic music elements into his style.-Biography:...
(b. 1982), Canadian musician - Susan Ashley Stanton (b. 1959), American politician
- Allanah StarrAllanah StarrAllanah Starr is an American male-to-female transsexual pornographic actress, performance artist, model, and party promoter.She was born in Cuba and emigrated to the United States at five, with her family. Her father had been a political prisoner...
, Cuban-born American adult entertainer - Jahna SteeleJahna SteeleJahna Erica Steele was an American transgender entertainer and Las Vegas showgirl who was voted Las Vegas' "Sexiest Showgirl on The Strip" in 1991, "Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year, 1992," and "Most Beautiful Showgirl, 1993." She was fired after being outed as a trans woman by a tabloid...
(1958—2008) American showgirlShowgirlA showgirl is a dancer or performer in a stage entertainment show. Showgirl is also often used as a term for a promotional model in trade fairs and car shows, etc...
, actress, writer - Sandy Stone (b. c. 1940s) American educator
- Margaret StumppMargaret StumppMargaret Stumpp is a Senior Vice President at Prudential Financial, Inc. She is the first openly transsexual person out of over 60,000 employees in the firm....
(b. 1952), American executive - Jeffree StarJeffree StarJeffree Star is an American model, fashion designer, make-up artist, DJ, and singer-songwriter residing in the Beverly Hills area...
(b.1986) American model, fashion designer, make-up artist, DJ, and singer-songwriter
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- Lea TLea TLea T , is a Brazilian fashion model.- Biography :Lea T is the daughter of well-known former Brazilian football player Toninho Cerezo. Lea was assigned "male" at birth, but now identifies as female...
(b. 1981), Brazilian fashion model - Audrey TangAudrey TangAudrey Tang is a Taiwanese free software programmer, who has been described as one of the "ten greats of Taiwanese computing."-Biography:...
(b. 1981), Taiwanese free software programmer - Brandon TeenaBrandon TeenaBrandon Teena was an American trans man who was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska. His life and death were the subject of the Academy Award-winning 1999 film Boys Don't Cry, which was based on the documentary film The Brandon Teena Story.-Life:Teena was born Teena Renae Brandon in Lincoln,...
(1972–1993), American transmale murder victim; subject of the film Boys Don't CryBoys Don't Cry (film)Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American independent romantic drama film directed by Kimberly Peirce and co-written by Andy Bienen. The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena, a transgender man played by Hilary Swank, who pursues a relationship with a young woman, played by Chloë... - Terre ThaemlitzTerre ThaemlitzTerre Thaemlitz is a musician, public speaker, and owner of the record label. His work critically combines themes of identity politics - including gender, sexuality, class, linguistics, ethnicity and race - with an ongoing critique of the socio-economics of commercial media production...
(b. 1968), American musician, DJ and transgender educator - Nong ThoomNong ThoomParinya Kiatbusaba or Parinya Jaroenphon , more popularly known as Nong Thoom, Nong Toom or Nong Tum , is arguably the best-known kathoey in Thailand. She is a former Muay Thai champion and has also worked as a model and actress.- Early Life :As a child, she was already aware of her female...
(b. 1981), Thai athlete, model, and actress - Billy TiptonBilly TiptonBilly Lee Tipton was an American jazz musician and bandleader. Born Dorothy Tipton, he also notable for the discovery, after his death, that he was female assigned at birth.- Early life :...
(1914–1989), American musician - Manuela TrasobaresManuela TrasobaresManuela Trasobares is a Spanish artist, operatic mezzo-soprano, and politician.Trasobares was born in Figueres. She studied Fine Arts at the Facultat de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi of University of Barcelona, Painting and Sculpture in the ateliers Massana and Leonardo da Vinci in Barcelona and Bell...
(b. 1962), Spanish artist and politician
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- Karen UlaneKaren UlaneKaren Frances Ulane was an American airline pilot who was dismissed by Eastern Airlines after undergoing transsexual transition in 1980. The case Ulane v...
(1940–1989), American pilot fired by Eastern Airlines; discrimination case set Title VII precedent for transsexual people - Pieter Dirk Uys (b. 1945), South African playwright, comedian and political satirist
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- Kelly van der VeerKelly van der VeerKelly van der Veer is a Dutch television personality, singer and actress. She is regarded the most prominent transsexual person in the Netherlands and rose to fame after competing in Big Brother - The Battle, a Dutch version of the Big Brother-format.-Early life:During her childhood, Van der Veer...
(b. 1980), Dutch reality television participant - VaniityVaniity-Early life:She was born in Uruapan, Mexico on July 26, 1973. Her family migrated to Sunnyvale, northern California when she was seven years old. Vaniity comes from a large family; she has six brothers and four sisters. She is of Purepecha descent...
(b. 1973), Mexican-American pornstar - Venus FlytrapVenus Flytrap (group)Venus Flytrap is a Thai pop music group made up of five young transgender women . The members were selected from 200 applicants during an audition in 2005 by Sony BMG Music Entertainment, which also promotes the group and provided it with a recording contract.Their first public performance occurred...
, Thai "kathoey" pop group
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- Ramon Te WakeRamon Te WakeRamon Te Wake is a transgender television presenter from New Zealand, and singer-songwriter.Te Wake was born in Dargaville to Māori parents Ray and Tilly Te Wake. She grew up in Ascot Park, a suburb in Porirua...
, New Zealand television presenter - WeiwhaWeiwhaWe'wha was a Zuni Native American from New Mexico. She was the most famous lhamana, a traditional Zuni gender role, now described as mixed-gender or Two-Spirit...
(1849–1896), Zuni two-spirit - Peter WherrettPeter WherrettPeter Wherrett was an Australian motoring and motor sport journalist and race car driver.Wherrett learned to drive when his parents got their first motor car when he was twelve...
, Australian author and television presenter - Stephen WhittleStephen WhittleProfessor Stephen Whittle OBE, PhD is an active member of the United Kingdom TransActivist organisation Press for Change. Now , Whittle is Professor of Equalities Law in the School of Law at Manchester Metropolitan University....
, OBE, PhD (b. 1955), British lawyer, writer, educator and transsexual activist - Sophie WilsonSophie WilsonSophie Wilson is a British computer scientist. She is known for designing the Acorn Micro-Computer, the first of a long line of computers sold by Acorn Computers Ltd, as well as the instruction set of the highly successful ARM processor.- Life and career :...
, British computer scientist - Joanne WingateJoanne RushtonSergeant Major Joanne Wingate is the first publicly known transsexual-soldier to transition and serve in the post cold-war British Army.Rushton started her transition in August 1996 and eventually had her "sex-change" at the end of January 2000...
(b. 1960), English soldier - Helen WongHelen WongHelen Wong , better known by her stage name Allenina, is a Los Angeles-based, model, actress, dancer and emerging film director. Allenina grew up in Hong Kong and emigrated to the United States at age 17, residing in Los Angeles. Allenina is a trans woman and as such has worked most of her adult life...
(b. 1973), Chinese actress - Holly WoodlawnHolly WoodlawnHolly Woodlawn is a Puerto Rican-born transgendered actress and former Warhol superstar, who appeared in his movies Trash and Women in Revolt .-Early life:...
(b. 1946), Puerto Rican actor and performer
In film and television
- Erica Bettis (born Steve) in The Education of Max BickfordThe Education of Max BickfordThe Education of Max Bickford is a television drama that aired from 2001 to 2002 on CBS. It starred Richard Dreyfuss as the title character, a college professor of American Studies at Chadwick College, an all-women's school in New Jersey. Also starring was child actor Eric Ian Goldberg, who...
, played by Helen ShaverHelen ShaverHelen Shaver is a Canadian actress and film and television director.-Early life:Shaver was born and raised in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, a small city located near London, Ontario, with five sisters... - Bree Osbourne (born Stanley Schupak) in TransamericaTransamerica (film)Transamerica is a 2005 independent comedy-drama film produced by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company. The film tells the story of Bree, a transsexual woman , who goes on a road trip with her long-lost son Toby ....
, played by Felicity HuffmanFelicity HuffmanFelicity Kendall Huffman is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is known for her role as executive producer Dana Whitaker on the ABC television show Sports Night , which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination, and as hectic supermom Lynette Scavo on the ABC show Desperate... - Azure C. on The City, played by Carlotta Chang
- Claire on Barbershop: The SeriesBarbershop: The SeriesBarbershop: The Series is an American sitcom which made its debut on the Showtime cable network in August 2005. It is based upon the Mark Brown-created characters from the popular films Barbershop and Barbershop 2: Back in Business , and was developed for television by screenwriter John Ridley...
, played by Sheryl Lee RalphSheryl Lee RalphSheryl Lee Ralph is an American actress, singer, and activist.-Personal life:Raised between Mandeville, Jamaica, and Long Island, New York, Sheryl Lee Ralph was born in Waterbury, Connecticut to an African American father and a Jamaican mother. Sheryl attended Uniondale High School in Uniondale, NY... - Doris the Ugly Stepsister in Shrek 2Shrek 2Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. It is the second installment in the Shrek film series and the sequel to 2001's Shrek...
and Shrek 3Shrek the ThirdShrek the Third is a 2007 American animated film, and the third film in the Shrek series. It was produced by Jeffrey Katzenberg for DreamWorks Animation, and is distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was released in U.S. theaters on May 18, 2007...
, voiced by Larry KingLarry KingLawrence Harvey "Larry" King is an American television and radio host whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and ten Cable ACE Awards....
. - Hayley CropperHayley CropperHayley Anne Cropper is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street...
on Coronation StreetCoronation StreetCoronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
, played by Julie HesmondhalghJulie HesmondhalghJulie Hesmondhalgh is an English actress.Hesmondhalgh was born in Accrington, Lancashire. As a teenager, she was moderately interested in acting, but wished to become a social worker. She applied to drama school to be with her friends, and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art... - Henry "Hildegarde" Desmond on Bosom BuddiesBosom BuddiesBosom Buddies is an American sitcom starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari created by Robert L. Boyett, Thomas L. Miller and Chris Thompson. It ran from 1980 to 1982 on ABC and in reruns in the summer of 1984 on NBC....
. played by Peter ScolariPeter ScolariPeter Scolari is an American television, film and stage actor best known for his roles in the television shows Newhart, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, and Bosom Buddies.-Career:... - Dr. Robert Elliot/"Bobbi" in Dressed to Kill, played by Michael CaineMichael CaineSir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules ....
. - Janet Garrison (born Herbert Garrison, then turned back into Herbert Garrison again) on South ParkSouth ParkSouth Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...
, voiced by Trey ParkerTrey ParkerTrey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short... - Judge Constance Harm on The SimpsonsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
, voiced by Jane KaczmarekJane KaczmarekJane Frances Kaczmarek is an American actress. She is best known for playing the character of Lois on the television series Malcolm in the Middle. Kaczmarek is a three-time Golden Globe and seven-time Emmy Award nominee... - Emily HowardEmily HowardEmily Howard is a British composer from Liverpool.As a child Howard learned to play chess Emily Howard (born 1979) is a British composer from Liverpool.As a child Howard learned to play chess Emily Howard (born 1979) is a British composer from Liverpool.As a child Howard learned to play chess...
on Little BritainLittle BritainLittle Britain is a British character-based comedy sketch show which was first broadcast on BBC radio and then turned into a television show. It was written by comic duo David Walliams and Matt Lucas...
, played by David WalliamsDavid WalliamsDavid Edward Walliams is an English comedian, writer and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the TV sketch show Little Britain and its predecessor Rock Profile... - Geraldine Jones on The Flip Wilson ShowThe Flip Wilson ShowThe Flip Wilson Show is a variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September 17, 1970 to June 27, 1974. The show starred American comedian Flip Wilson; the program was one of the first American television programs starring a black person in the title role to become highly successful with a...
, played by Flip WilsonFlip WilsonClerow Wilson, Jr. , known professionally as Flip Wilson, was an American comedian and actor. In the early 1970s, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series, The Flip Wilson Show... - Alexis MeadeAlexis MeadeAlexis Meade is a fictional character from the ABC dramedy series Ugly Betty. She was initially played by Elizabeth Penn Payne for the first 12 episodes of her appearance and was played by Rebecca Romijn for the rest of the series.-Biography:Alex Meade was a background presence in the...
on Ugly BettyUgly BettyUgly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
, played by Rebecca RomijnRebecca RomijnRebecca Alie Romijn is an American actress and former fashion model. She is best known for her role as Mystique in the X-Men films, and for her recurring role as Alexis Meade on the television series Ugly Betty.-Early life:...
. - Ava MooreAva MooreAva Moore is a fictional character on the FX Networks television series Nip/Tuck. Played by Famke Janssen, the character was introduced during the show's second season.-Background:...
on Nip/TuckNip/TuckNip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy...
, played by Famke JanssenFamke JanssenFamke Beumer Janssen is a Dutch actress and former fashion model. She is known for playing the villainous Bond girl Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye and Jean Grey/Phoenix in the X-Men film series .- Early life and education :... - Montana Moorhead in SoapdishSoapdishSoapdish is a 1991 comedy film which tells a backstage story of the cast and crew of a popular fictional television soap opera. It stars Sally Field as an aging soap star, joined by Kevin Kline, Robert Downey, Jr., Elisabeth Shue, Whoopi Goldberg, Teri Hatcher, Cathy Moriarty, Garry Marshall, Kathy...
, played by Cathy MoriartyCathy Moriarty-Career:Her first film credit was Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull in 1980, as Vikki LaMotta, the wife of Robert De Niro's lead character. Her performance earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared opposite Andrew Dice Clay in the short-lived CBS... - Cherry Peck on Nip/TuckNip/TuckNip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy...
, played by Willam BelliWillam BelliWillam Belli is an American film and television actor perhaps best known for his recurring role as transsexual Cherry Peck in Nip/Tuck. He has been in a few films including American Wedding , The Last Shot , Unbeatable Harold , and Big Top and Because I Said So... - Hedwig Robinson in Hedwig and the Angry InchHedwig and the Angry Inch (film)Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a 2001 American musical comedy-drama film based on the stage musical of the same title about a fictional rock band fronted by an East German transgender singer. The film was adapted and directed by John Cameron Mitchell, who also portrayed the title role...
, played by John Cameron MitchellJohn Cameron MitchellJohn Cameron Mitchell is an American writer, actor, and director. He is best known for his motion pictures Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus and Rabbit Hole.- Early life:...
Also in the stage musicalHedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a rock musical about a fictional rock and roll band fronted by an East German transgender singer. The text is by John Cameron Mitchell, and the music and lyrics are by Stephen Trask. The musical premiered in 1998 and has been performed throughout the world in hundreds...
of the same name. - Roni on All of UsAll of UsAll of Us is an American sitcom that premiered on the now-defunct UPN network in the United States on September 16, 2003, where it aired for its first three seasons. October 1, 2006, the show moved to The CW, a new network formed by the merger of UPN and The WB All of Us is an American sitcom that...
played by Tyra BanksTyra BanksTyra Lynne Banks is an American model, media personality, actress, occasional singer, author and businesswoman. She first became famous as a model, but television appearances were her commercial breakthrough... - Edith 'Edie' Stokes on The JeffersonsThe JeffersonsThe Jeffersons is an American sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The show was produced by the T.A.T. Communications Company from 1975–1982 and by Embassy Television from 1982-1985...
played by Veronica ReddVeronica ReddVeronica Redd is an American actress who played the recurring character of Mamie Johnson on The Young and the Restless. She is the second actress to play the role, having taken over from Marguerite Ray. Redd played the role from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1999 to 2004.-Filmography:*Blue Hill... - Nao Tsurumoto on 3 Nen B Gumi Kinpachi Sensei, played by Aya UetoAya Uetois a Japanese actress, singer, model, tarento, and occasional radio personality. Born in Nerima, Tokyo, Ueto was discovered when she participated in the 7th Japan Bishōjo Contest, where she won the special jury prize...
- Kip "Buffy" Wilson on Bosom BuddiesBosom BuddiesBosom Buddies is an American sitcom starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari created by Robert L. Boyett, Thomas L. Miller and Chris Thompson. It ran from 1980 to 1982 on ABC and in reruns in the summer of 1984 on NBC....
, played by Tom HanksTom HanksThomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title... - Zoe on All My ChildrenAll My ChildrenAll My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
, played by Jeffrey CarlsonJeffrey CarlsonJeffrey Carlson is a Broadway, film, television actor and singer, best known for his role as the transgender Zarf/Zoe on the long-running daytime soap opera All My Children.... - Detective Selma Reesdale on the third season of Gotham GirlsGotham GirlsGotham Girls is an American Flash animation series about the females of Gotham City, created and produced jointly by Warner Brothers and Noodle Soup Productions in 2002...
- Max Sweeney on The L WordThe L WordThe L Word is an American co-production television drama series originally shown on Showtime portraying the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles, California city of West Hollywood...
played by Daniela SeaDaniela SeaDaniela Sea is an American filmmaker musician, performance artist, former circus juggler, and actress. She is most widely known for her role as Max/Moira on Showtime's The L Word.-History:... - Dolores "Lola" Padilla on LalolaLalolaLalola was an Argentine television Comedy show that aired from 28 August 2007 to 29 April 2008. It was broadcast by TV channel América 2...
played by Carla PetersonCarla Peterson (actress)Carla Constanza Peterson is an Argentine actress. She was born in Cordoba. She began her career in stage plays. Among others she appeared in Quien es Janet? with Claudia Fontan and Mariana Prömmel. She first appeared on television in 1992 telenovella "Dance Party"... - Adam Torres on Degrassi: The Next GenerationDegrassi: The Next GenerationDegrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian teen drama television series set in the Degrassi universe, which was created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1979. Degrassi is the fourth fictional series in the Degrassi franchise, and follows The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, and...
played by Jordan TodoseyJordan TodoseyJordan Todosey is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles in Life with Derek and Degrassi.Todosey has had many roles, however the female-to-male transgender character, Adam Torres, in the Degrassi franchise has been her most noted... - Jasmine/Jason Costello on "HollyoaksHollyoaksHollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
" played by Victoria AtkinVictoria AtkinVictoria Atkin is an English actress best known for playing the character Jason Costello, previously known as Jasmine, in the British soap opera Hollyoaks and Hollyoaks Later as the soap's first character with Gender Identity Disorder. Hollyoaks is Atkin's first television role...
In other media
- Bridget from the Guilty GearGuilty Gearis a series of sprite-based competitive fighting games by Arc System Works and designed by artist Daisuke Ishiwatari. It is popular with fans for its detailed anime-style graphics, original characters, hard rock/heavy metal soundtrack, unique gameplay, and its numerous references to rock and heavy...
game series - PoisonPoison (Final Fight)is a fictional character in the Final Fight and Street Fighter series of video games. Created by Akira Yasuda for Capcom, Poison first appeared in Final Fight alongside a similar character, Roxy, later appearing in Capcom-produced games, media and merchandise related to the Street Fighter franchise...
from Final FightFinal Fightis a side-scrolling beat-'em-up game originally released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game in . It was the seventh game released by Capcom for their CP System arcade game hardware...
and Street FighterStreet Fighter, commonly abbreviated as SF, is a series of Fighting Games developed in Japan in which the players pit the video games' competitive fighters from around the world, each with his or her own unique fighting style, against one another...
video game franchises. - Reni Wassulmaier from the Grand Theft AutoGrand Theft Auto (series)Grand Theft Auto is a multi-award-winning British video game series created in the United Kingdom by Dave Jones, then later by brothers Dan Houser and Sam Houser, and game designer Zachary Clarke. It is primarily developed by Edinburgh based Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games...
video game series
- Birdo, of the Super Mario Bros. universe.
In literature and mythology
- Alfhild from Norse mythologyNorse mythologyNorse mythology, a subset of Germanic mythology, is the overall term for the myths, legends and beliefs about supernatural beings of Norse pagans. It flourished prior to the Christianization of Scandinavia, during the Early Middle Ages, and passed into Nordic folklore, with some aspects surviving...
- AlucardAlucard (Hellsing)is a fictional characterin the Hellsing manga and anime series created by Kouta Hirano. A powerful vampire, Alucard works with the Hellsing Organization against other vampires and evil forces. He fights with ferocity and often extreme cruelty, rarely killing until his target has been disabled and...
from Hellsing: The Dawn - Baron AshuraBaron Ashurais a fictional character featuring in the works of Go Nagai. It is the main henchman of Dr. Hell, the antagonist of Super Robot series Mazinger Z. It plagues the hero Kouji Kabuto for much of the series' run, until finally being killed in one of the later episodes....
from Go NagaiGo Nagai, better known by the penname , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with Meakashi Polikichi, but is best known for creating Cutie Honey, Devilman, and Mazinger Z in the 1970s. In 2005, he became a...
's Mazinger ZMazinger Z, known briefly as Tranzor Z in United States, is a Super Robot manga and anime series created by Go Nagai. The first manga version was serialized in Shueisha Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1972 to August 1973, and it later continued in Kodansha TV Magazine from October 1973 to September 1974. In...
series - Lady Bat, from the mahou shoujo manga Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure
- Myra Breckinridge from Gore VidalGore VidalGore Vidal is an American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and political activist. His third novel, The City and the Pillar , outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality...
's Myra BreckinridgeMyra BreckinridgeMyra Breckinridge is a 1968 satirical novel by Gore Vidal written in the form of a diary. It was made into a movie in 1970. Described by the critic Dennis Altman as "part of a major cultural assault on the assumed norms of gender and sexuality which swept the western world in the late 1960s and...
, also a 1970 filmMyra Breckinridge (film)Myra Breckinridge is a 1970 American campy comedy film, based on Gore Vidal's 1968 novel of the same name, the film was directed by Michael Sarne, with Raquel Welch in the title role. It also starred John Huston as Buck Loner, Mae West as Leticia Van Allen, Farrah Fawcett, Rex Reed, Roger Herren,... - BrihannalaBrihannalaBrihannala , in the Hindu epic Mahābhārata, was the name assumed by Arjuna, who was in disguise as a transgender . The name means "large reed" or "having a large reed." She taught arts to Uttarā, the princess of the kingdom of Virata...
from the Hindu epic MahabharataMahabharataThe Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa.... - CaeneusCaeneusIn Greek mythology, Caeneus was a Lapith hero of Thessaly and, in Ovid's Metamorphoses— where the classical model of a hero is deconstructed and transformed— originally a woman, Caenis, daughter of Atrax...
from OvidOvidPublius Ovidius Naso , known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who is best known as the author of the three major collections of erotic poetry: Heroides, Amores, and Ars Amatoria...
's MetamorphosesMetamorphoses (poem)Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem in fifteen books by the Roman poet Ovid describing the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework. Completed in AD 8, it is recognized as a masterpiece of Golden Age Latin literature... - Courier (comics)Courier (comics)Courier is the alias of Jacob Gavin Jr., a Marvel Comics character, and a sometimes ally of the X-Men member known as Gambit. Created by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist Joe Madureira, he first appeared Deadpool: The Circle Chase ....
, a mutant Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
character. - Dongfang BubaiDongfang BubaiDongfang Bubai is a fictional character in the wuxia novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jin Yong.Dongfang is the leader of the Sun Moon Holy Cult . He castrated himself to learn the skills in the Sunflower Manual and becomes a formidable pugilist...
, a skilled martial artist from The Smiling, Proud WandererThe Smiling, Proud WandererThe Smiling, Proud Wanderer is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong, first published as a serial in Ming Pao from April 20, 1967 to October 12, 1969. The term "Xiaoao Jianghu" means to live a carefree life in a mundane world of strife...
WuxiaWuxiaWuxia is a broad genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists. Although wuxia is traditionally a form of literature, its popularity has caused it to spread to diverse art forms like Chinese opera, manhua , films, television series, and video games...
novel - Emily La Rouche from the Dana De Young novel The Butterfly and the Flame
- Sage Hendricks from Brian Katcher's book Almost Perfect
- Herculine from The Book of Shadows by James Reese
- Yoshitaka "Maora" Ichinomiya from Arina TanemuraArina Tanemurais a Japanese manga artist who mainly does shōjo manga. Her debut work was a one-shot work titled , which was later reprinted in her anthology work Short-Tempered Melancholic. Tanemura gained fame with the 1997 publication of I.O.N, a high school romance with a supernatural twist...
's Shinshi Doumei Cross manga - IphisIphisIphis was a name attributed to three individuals:-Daughter of Ligdus :According to Greek mythology and the Roman poet Ovid, who wrote about transformations in his Metamorphoses, Iphis was the daughter of Telethusa and Ligdus in Crete. Ligdus had already threatened to kill his pregnant wife's...
from OvidOvidPublius Ovidius Naso , known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who is best known as the author of the three major collections of erotic poetry: Heroides, Amores, and Ars Amatoria...
's MetamorphosesMetamorphoses (poem)Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem in fifteen books by the Roman poet Ovid describing the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework. Completed in AD 8, it is recognized as a masterpiece of Golden Age Latin literature... - Luna from Julie Anne PetersJulie Anne Peters-Personal life:Julie Anne Peters was born in Jamestown, New York, on 16 January 1952. When she was five, her family moved to the Denver suburbs in Colorado. Her parents divorced when she was in high school...
's book LunaLuna (novel)Luna is a young adult novel, by Julie Anne Peters, and was first published in 2004.-Plot summary:The novel is told from the point of view of sixteen-year-old Regan. She struggles with the secret that her older brother, Liam, is transgender, and wants to transition and live as a girl named Luna... - Grady McNair from Ellen WittlingerEllen WittlingerEllen Wittlinger is an author for young adults, including Gracie's Girl and the Printz Honor book Hard Love.- Biography :...
's book Parrotfish - Roberta Muldoon from John IrvingJohn IrvingJohn Winslow Irving is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978...
's The World According to GarpThe World According to GarpThe World According to Garp is John Irving's fourth novel. Published in 1978, the book was a bestseller for several years.A movie adaptation of the novel starring Robin Williams was released in 1982, with a screenplay written by Steve Tesich....
, also a 1982 filmThe World According to Garp (film)The World According to Garp is 1982 American comedy drama film directed by George Roy Hill, based on the novel of the same title by John Irving, who also wrote the script together with Steve Tesich... - Nuriko from the manga series Fushigi YūgiFushigi Yūgi, also known as Curious Play, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Watase. Shogakukan published Fushigi Yûgi in Shōjo Comic in its original serialized form from May 1992 through June 1996. Viz Media released the manga series in English in North America starting in 1999...
- Dr O'Connor from Djuna BarnesDjuna BarnesDjuna Barnes was an American writer who played an important part in the development of 20th century English language modernist writing and was one of the key figures in 1920s and '30s bohemian Paris after filling a similar role in the Greenwich Village of the teens...
' seminal 1936 LGBT novelLGBT literatureGay literature is a collective term for literature produced by or for the LGBT community, or which involves characters, plot lines or themes portraying male homosexual behavior.-Subgenres:...
NightwoodNightwoodNightwood is a 1936 novel by Djuna Barnes first published in London by Faber and Faber. An edition published in the United States in 1937 by Harcourt, Brace included an introduction by T. S. Eliot.....
. - Orlando from Virginia WoolfVirginia WoolfAdeline Virginia Woolf was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century....
's Orlando: A BiographyOrlando: A BiographyOrlando: A Biography is an influential novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 11 October 1928. A semi-biographical novel based in part on the life of Woolf's lover Vita Sackville-West, it is generally considered one of Woolf's most accessible novels...
, also a 1992 filmOrlando (film)Orlando is a 1992 film based on Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando: A Biography, starring Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Billy Zane as Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine, and Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth. It was directed by Sally Potter.... - Princess OzmaPrincess OzmaPrincess Ozma is a fictional character in the Land of Oz, created by L. Frank Baum. She appears in every book of the series except the first, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz .She is the rightful ruler of Oz, and L...
from L. Frank BaumL. Frank BaumLyman Frank Baum was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...
's Land of OzLand of OzOz is a fantasy region containing four lands under the rule of one monarch.It was first introduced in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, one of many fantasy countries that he created for his books. It achieved a popularity that none of his other works attained, and after four years, he...
universe - Stephen from Radclyffe HallRadclyffe HallRadclyffe Hall was an English poet and author, best known for the lesbian classic The Well of Loneliness.- Life :...
's The Well of LonelinessThe Well of LonelinessThe Well of Loneliness is a 1928 lesbian novel by the British author Radclyffe Hall. It follows the life of Stephen Gordon, an Englishwoman from an upper-class family whose "sexual inversion" is apparent from an early age... - Cal Stephanides from Jeffrey EugenidesJeffrey EugenidesJeffrey Kent Eugenides is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and short story writer. Eugenides is most known for his first two novels, The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex . His novel The Marriage Plot was published in October, 2011.-Life and career:Eugenides was born in Detroit, Michigan,...
's MiddlesexMiddlesex (novel)Middlesex is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Jeffrey Eugenides published in 2002. The book is a bestseller, with more than three million copies sold as of May 2011. Its characters and events are loosely based on aspects of Eugenides' life and observations of his Greek heritage. It is... - Jenna Fox from Jenna Fox's The Curious Case of Jenna Fox
- Dana Stevens from Trans-sister Radio by Chris Bohjalian
- TiresiasTiresiasIn Greek mythology, Tiresias was a blind prophet of Thebes, famous for clairvoyance and for being transformed into a woman for seven years. He was the son of the shepherd Everes and the nymph Chariclo; Tiresias participated fully in seven generations at Thebes, beginning as advisor to Cadmus...
from Greek mythologyGreek mythologyGreek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece... - Shuro Tsukasa of the anime and manga Ceres, Celestial LegendCeres, Celestial Legendis a fantasy shōjo manga series written by Yuu Watase. It was originally serialized in Shōjo Comic from May 1996 through March 2000. The chapters were also published by Shogakukan in fourteen collected volumes...
- Miyuki (Demon Triad member) from anime and manga series YuYu HakushoYuYu Hakushois a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. The name of the series is spelled YuYu Hakusho in the Viz Media manga and Yu Yu Hakusho in other English distributions of the franchise. The series tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and...
- Pauline Urthiel from Larry NivenLarry NivenLaurence van Cott Niven / ˈlæri ˈnɪvən/ is an American science fiction author. His best-known work is Ringworld , which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics...
's Known SpaceKnown SpaceKnown Space is the fictional setting of some dozen science fiction novels and several collections of short stories written by author Larry Niven. It has also in part been used as a shared universe in the Man-Kzin Wars spin-off anthologies sub-series....
universe - Dono Vorrutyer from Lois McMaster BujoldLois McMaster BujoldLois McMaster Bujold is an American author of science fiction and fantasy works. Bujold is one of the most acclaimed writers in her field, having won the prestigious Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record. Her novella The Mountains of Mourning won both the Hugo...
's Vorkosigan SagaVorkosigan SagaThe Vorkosigan Saga is a series of science fiction novels and short stories set in a common fictional universe by American author Lois McMaster Bujold. Most of these were published between 1986 and 2002, with the exceptions being “Winterfair Gifts” and Cryoburn...
books - Guan Yin, the BuddhistBuddhismBuddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
Bodhisattva of Compassion - Anna Madrigal from Armistead MaupinArmistead MaupinArmistead Jones Maupin, Jr. is an American writer, best known for his Tales of the City series of novels, based in San Francisco.-Early life:...
's Tales of the CityTales of the CityTales of the City refers to a series of eight novels written by American author Armistead Maupin. The stories from Tales were originally serialized prior to their novelization, with the first four titles appearing as regular installments in the San Francisco Chronicle, while the fifth appeared in...
series of novels and mini-series. - Charles "Char" Delphi from the manga series RE:PlayRE:PlayRE:Play is an original English-language manga created by Christy Lijewski. The first volume of RE:Play was released August 8, 2006. The second volume was released March 11, 2008. There are three volumes planned.-Faust:...
See also
- List of unlawfully killed transgender people
- Transgenderism (social movement)
- Transgender musicians
- List of transgender characters in film and television
- List of transgender-related topics
- List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people
- List of transgender, transsexual and intersex fictional characters