Transsexuals: The Ultimate Victims? Transvestites: Dressing up for Pleasure?

Article in The Leveller about Transsexuals and Transvestites. Abstract: 'Whereas all libertarians and socialists feel duty-bound to defend the gay liberation movement, how many would do the same for transvestism?' So wrote Dave Black of Lanarkshire in a letter to The Leveller last March. 'Consider the position of the transvestite,' he urged. Now we're doing just that. We also look at transsexualism - a different but related subject - which is controversial in the women's movement. Some say, once a man, always a man, and transsexuals should be excluded. Others, including a number of feminist transsexuals, disagree· Imogen Bloor reports on a meeting on the subject and outlines the arguments. Brian Deer looks at transsexuals and male transvestites, and asks whether transsexuals are living proof that masculinity and femininity are created by social circumstances.

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Identifier: 0p096746q
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
Creator(s): Bloor, Imo
Deer, Brian
Publisher: The Leveller
Date Issued: Sep. 1979
Genre: Articles
Topic(s): Crossdressing
Transsexual people
Transsexuality
Transvestites
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
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