In this special DOUBLE episode of OFTV we took a look at the life of Lou Sullivan - the first gay FTM and the man largely responsible for creating the FTM community as we currently know it. Works Cited: Brice D. Smith's Lou Sullivan: Daring To Be a Man Among Men Stryker & Whittle's Transgender Studies Reader
A sneak peak of the third bonus mini episode available exclusively for patrons over at Patreon.com/oftv! In this episode, we tell the story of the very first trans woman to ever receive hormones.
In this episode of OFTV, we take a look at the Black drag king at the centre of the Stonewall Rebellion. Long thought to have thrown the first punch, this butch spent her life defending the lesbian of the VIllage. Works Cited: Jewel Box Revue programs, 194?-1968, hosted at queermusicheritage.com The research of JD Doyle at queermusicheritage.com Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, dir. Michelle Parkerson (1987, 1991) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_6W6hEzzFM A Stormé Life https://www.youtube.co...
Check out this sneak peak of the latest bonus mini-episode of OFTV available only for our patrons over at Patreon.com/oftv! In this episode, we go back all the way to the 1830s and cover one of the earliest documented trans people in the United States!
In this episode, we take a look at the hard life of the man with three names - a trans man who was forced into making desperate choices in a time before trans identities were readily available! Scandals! Murders! Lies! This story has everything. CW: brief discussion of rape. Works cited:http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/119068057 http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/item/54518 http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/falleni-eugenia-12911 http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17470752 https://en...
Sneak peak of our first bonus mini-episode, available exclusively for our patrons who donate $5 or more to us at Patreon.com/oftv.
Between 1849-1900, 34 cities in 21 states enacted anti-cross dressing laws in the United States. How and why did this happen? Join us as OFTV looks into the racist history of anti-cross dressing laws and tells the scandalous life story of one early trans man who resisted them! Works Cited: Clare Sears, Arresting Dress (2015) Zagria: https://zagria.blogspot.ca/2012/01/jean-bonnet-1849-1876-frog-catcher.html#.WM1c5xIrKRs
This week, OFTV covers early trans activist group COG - North America's first trans organization! Based in San Francisco's Tenderloin District, COG fought against police persecution and for access to healthcare in the late 1960s. Works cited: Susan Stryker, Transgender History Susan Stryker, Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria (documentary) Joanne Meyerowitz, How Sex Changed Suzan Cooke, Woman Born Transsexual. https://womenborntranssexual.com/2009/05/27/ Kirkham and Sagarin, Trans...
This episode focuses on the life of Sir Lady Java! A Black trans civil rights pioneer and performer who fought for the right to work! Works cited: http://transgriot.blogspot.ca/2010/12/sir-lady-java-trans-civil-rights.html https://zagria.blogspot.ca/2013/02/sir-lady-java-1943-performer-activist.html#.WHKC9rYrKRs http://forge-forward.org/2016/02/17/bthm-sir-lady-java/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIXMx0uJxgA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue8sSq0FE4w http://www.ebony.com/news-views/trans-trai...
Did trans men exist before the 20th Century? On this week's episode, we go all the way back to 1746 to explore the life of "female husband" Charles, or George, or Mary, or Molly Hamilton! Works cited: http://www.pascalbonenfant.com/18c/newgatecalendar/mary_hamilton.html Baker, S. (1959). Henry Fielding's The Female Husband: Fact and Fiction. Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 213-224. Henry Fielding's The Female Husband: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/f/fielding/henry/fe...
OFTV takes a look at a horrific moment in Canada's trans community that became a turning point in the country's trans history. This episode explores the 1996 triple homicide of Brenda Ludgate, Shawn Jr Keegan, and Deanna Wilkinson, and the community response that followed. Works Cited: http://accozzaglia.ca/ententasmagic/journal/knowledge/10-dead-trans-women-in-toronto/ http://accozzaglia.ca/essay/research/feminism/introducing-hostile-homewood/ http://accozzaglia.ca/essay/research/feminism/sensa...
OFTV brings our mini-series on the trio of trans Warhol muses to a close with glamour and tragedy of Candy Darling! Works Cited: WarholStars.org Holly Woodlawn: A Low Life in High Heels Craig B Highberger - Superstar in a Housedress Beautiful Darling (documentary)
Part two of our three part series on the trio of trans Warhol muses who inspired Lou Reed's classic song, Walk on the Wild Side! This week, we take an elevator look at the life of Jackie Curtis.
OFTV brings you the first in a three part series on the trio of trans Warhol muses! Holly Woodlawn, trans Puerto Rican Superstar! Works Cited: Superstar in a Housedress, film and book, by Craig Highberger WarholStars.org A Low-Life in High Heels, by Holly Woodlawn https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2007/sep/26/art.theatre
One from the Vaults - trans history podcast looks at the successful life, bizarre death, and continuing afterlife of gospel quartet singer Wilmer Little Axe Broadnax! Works Cited: http://transgriot.blogspot.ca/2013/07/black-trans-history-wilmer-little-axe-m.html http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2014/11/male-and-female-in-christ/ http://ubleproject.tumblr.com/post/29515613795/a-tenor-passes-wilmer-broadnax https://www.facebook.com/UbuntuBiographyProject/posts/578832502280542 http://articles.phill...
In this episode of OFTV, we'll try to make sense of the confusing life story, or stories, of Canada's "first" transsexual, Dianna Boileau! Works Cited: http://zagria.blogspot.ca/2010/09/dianne-boileau-1930-secretary.html http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/03/27/the-woman-who-was-trans-before-her-time.html Boileau and Cochrane, Behold! I am a Woman! (1972) Let Me Die a Woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADL8Zeotr3c Full CBC interview with Dianna Boileau: http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry...
OFTV celebrates the life of trans politican and Indigenous sex worker Georgina Beyer - from her life on the streets to the house of parliament! Works Cited: Jewel's Darl - http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/about-face-jewels-darl-1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rab_LVPfxDc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8navq7MlomY http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/video/29381/passing-of-the-prostitution-reform-bill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkF4V5wcTNs Xtra video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLdtAHlcH7U ...
On this episode of OFTV, we'll discuss the long life of eccentric FTM multimillionaire Reed Erickson - the architect of modern trans healthcare. Works Cited: Aaron Devor & Nicholas Matte, "Building a Better World." http://web.uvic.ca/~ahdevor/ABetterWorld.pdf Devor & Matte, "ONE Inc and Reed Erickson." http://web.uvic.ca/~ahdevor/UneasyCollaboration.pdf Devor, "Reed Erickson: How One Transsexual Man Supported ONE." http://web.uvic.ca/~ahdevor/ReedErickson.pdf http://zagria.blogspot.ca/20...
Join us for a Very Special Valentine's Day episode here at OFTV! We'll be discussing the groundbreaking life of trans man Michael Dillon and his doomed romance with trans woman Roberta Cowell! Works cited: From a Girl to a Man by Liz Hodgkinson The First Man-Made Man by Pagan Kennedy Sex Change Spitfire Ace documentary by Channel 4
Join us as we take a look at the early lives of the patron saints of the trans movement, Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson! We'll examine their beginnings, take a look at what might have gone down at Stonewall, and follow them up to the 1973 Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade! The first in a three part series on Sylvia and Marsha! Works Cited: http://www.workers.org/2006/us/lavender-red-73/ http://www.workers.org/ww/1998/sylvia0702.php http://www.reinagossett.com/on-untorellis-new-book/ h...
In this episode of OFTV, we'll take a look at Vancouver's Golden Age of Prostitution from 1975-1985, in which Indigenous trans sex workers ruled the streets of the West End. We'll discuss how sex workers organized for their rights and safety, in opposition to gay white residents groups, the police, and the state. So tune in and get all the dirt, gossip, and glamour from trans history! Works Cited: Ross, B. L. (2012). Outdoor Brothel Culture: The Un/Making of a Transsexual Stroll in Vancouver's W...
One from the Vaults is a new trans history podcast. Join us for our pilot episode as we take a look at the mystery of Lou Reed's transsexual girlfriend Rachel. Sources: http://www.jaynedoll.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/loureed.html http://dangerousminds.net/comments/rachel_lou_reeds_transsexual_muse https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-morons-guide-to-lou-reed https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mkG7Y6_J7pUC&pg=PA155&dq=rachel+lou+reed&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yeNwUvjdMu6p0AWQ_4GgDg#v=onepage&...
