7. Timeline Snapshot I
• 1600s - Queen Christina of Sweden
• 1700s - Molly Houses
• 1942 - Michael Dillon mastectomy
• 1946 - Dr. Harold Gillies & Michael Dillon sex
reassignment surgery
• 1948 - Dr. Harry Benjamin & Dr. Alfred Kinsey
study transgender children.
• 1952 - Christine Jorgensen’s gender reassignment
story makes news in the New York Daily News.
8. Timeline Snapshot II
• 1952 - April Ashley, English actress, is outted
as a post-op transsexual.
1966 - Dr. Harry Benjamin publishes The
Transsexual Phenomenon.
1969 - Stonewall Riots
1979 - WPATH/HBIGDA publishes the first
“Standards of Care for the Health of
Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender
Nonconforming People”.
9. Timeline Snapshot III
• 1990 - The Gay, Lesbian and Straight
Education Network (GLSEN) is established.
1993 - Brandon Teena, the subject of the book
and movie, Boys Don’t Cry, is murdered.
2001 - The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
established the Transgender Civil Rights
Project to work for transgender equality.
2002 - The Sylvia Rivera Law Project
2002 - NEA adopts a resolution to protect
LGBT students.
10. Timeline Snapshot IV
• 2009 - Matthew Shepard Act
Pending - The federal Employment Non-
Discrimination Act, which would prohibit
discrimination based on sexual orientation or
gender identity.
Source: The Transgender Zone
11. History in Education- Sharon
• History and Traditions
• Historical Experience
• Cultural Impact on Students' Academic
Performance
• Impact of Age & Development
• Identification
