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==Jennie June== | |||
The scholar Jennie June self-identified as a "fairie", "androgyne", "effeminate man", and an "invert", which were contemporary terms for gender and sexual variance. Her transition included changing her full name to Jennie June, and choosing to be castrated, in order to reduce facial hair and sexual desires that disturbed her. June published her first autobiography, ''The Autobiography of an Androgyne'' in 1918, and her second ''The Female-Impersonators'' in 1922. Her goal in writing her books were to help create an accepting environment for young adults who do not adhere to gender and sexual norms, because that was what she would have wanted for herself, and she wanted to prevent youth from committing suicide.<ref name="Meyerowitz 2010">Meyerowitz, J. "Thinking Sex With An Androgyne". ''GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies'' 17.1 (2010): 97–105. Web. Retrieved April 13, 2017.</ref> June had formed the Cercle Hermaphroditos in 1895, along with other androgynes who frequented Paresis Hall in New York City. The organization was formed in the hopes "to unite for defense against the world's bitter persecution," and to show that it was natural to be gender and sex variant.<ref>Katz, Jonathan Ned. "Transgender Memoir of 1921 Found". ''Humanities and Social Sciences Online''. N.p., 10 October 2010. Web. Retrieved April 13, 2017.</ref> | |||
* '''Born:''' 1874 | |||
* '''Nationality:''' USA | |||
* '''Pronouns:''' she/her (source needed) | |||
* '''Profession:''' scholar, autobiographer, activist | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_June_(autobiographer) Wikipedia entry] | |||
==Jinkx Monsoon== | ==Jinkx Monsoon== | ||