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Academia says that my close reading of Benjamin's The Transsexual Phenomenon in in their top 2%.

Yet en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tra... does not even mention me or the issues that I documented within the book.

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December 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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A reminder of the various bibliographies that I have published, including a yearly round-up of books for each year all the way back to 2007 and up to 2025.

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two of my shelves
December 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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In 2009 I discussed Hermann Goring amd concluded that he was not trans, but a homovestite. 16 years later historian Mark Felton has arrived at the same conclusion.

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Was Hermann Göring a transvestite?
This article is about the Generalfeldmarschall of the Luftwaffe, who ranked second only to Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany. Those interested ...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Interviews with two survivors, one gay, one trans, of NHS electroshock therapy 2065-73.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
LGBT survivors tell of 'barbaric' NHS electric shock therapy
More than 250 people were subjected to painful electric shocks in NHS hospitals, the BBC discovers.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Part one of my annual list of books re gender variance is now posted.

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Books on Gender Variance in 2025 - Part 1: (auto) biographies and histories
AutoBiography Jean-Sebastien Busque. Gender Bilingual: Translating Life for Men and Women . Editions RESONANCE Publisher, 2025. Edward-Jea...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Was Jae Stevens, a performer, actually murdered by the Doodler?

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Jae Stevens (1947-1974) performer, murdered
Stevens was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but raised in Concord in the East Bay across from San Francisco. He came out as gay when he was call...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Best not to commit fraud when cross-dressing for the first time.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Unemployed son, 56, 'dressed as his late mother to claim her pension'
The 56-year-old man, an unemployed nurse, reportedly managed to claim thousands of euros before his act was exposed. He had also allegedly hidden the dead body of his mother.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Have not been to TransasCity.org for a while. Attempted today. It is not there anymore. A serious loss.
Account Suspended
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November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Marie-Pierre Pruvot (Bambi), author, school teacher, star at La Carrousel, is 90 years old today - born 11/11/1935.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Travelling on a male passport! Amy Coleman re Marsha P Johnson returning from London in the 70s where she had been performing with the Hot Peaches.

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November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Every now and then, I feel that maybe I would join Medium.com. Supposedly they send a 6-digit code for confirmation, but it never, ever, ever arrives. !!!!

So that is the end of that.
October 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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I tried out the meta search engine Searxng by doing an ego search. It finds images from my site, but no articles from there or from Academia.edu except for my Virginia Prince article. Only that one.
October 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Was Francois-Timoléon de Choisy (1644 - 1724) a cross-dreamer who never transvested in public, or a flamboyant who enjoyed being read?

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Francois-Timoléon de Choisy (1644 - 1724), Part 1: Abbé, diplomat, author, cross-dreamer
Part 1: Life, and the 1695 short-story Part 2: discussion and bibliography François-Timoléon was born in August 1644, a week after the Batt...
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October 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Jennie June writing as Mowry Saben; The Spirit of Life, 1914:
October 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Good article by Eli Erlick in the August G&LR, but why did she have to calumniate Violette Morris?

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Making Sense of the Trans Right - The Gay & Lesbian Review
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October 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Poundbury, Dorset, a new town designed by the Charles Windsor. "bus services were so minimal" ... "no public seats, litter bins, or public loos". A nepo-baby with servants for his slightest whim cannot be expected to understand the needs of ordinary people.
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The reality of life in the Royal town used as model for Labour growth
Perched on an unassuming hill in Dorset, hemmed in on all sides by congested main roads, rolling green fields and huge building sites - sits the small town of Poundbury - the future?
www.dailymail.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Zack Polanski, UK Green party leader, on Manchester synagogue killings and anti-genocide marches:

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‘I don’t call on anyone to stop protesting’: Polanski on pro-Palestine marches
We spoke to the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Zack Polanski, who has been addressing his party's annual conference in Bournemouth.
www.channel4.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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A strange book called Strange Lives, 1933. Dr La Forest Potter describes queer New York, but misunderstands so much.

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La Forest Potter (1855-1951), an early 1930s witness to queer New York
La Forest Potter. Strange Loves: A Study in Sexual Abnormalities . Robert Dodsley Company/ National Library Press, 1933. Trigger warning:...
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September 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Article re Disney's reversals and removal of mentions that a character is gay or trans. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
September 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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I supported of the UK Liberal Party from the 1960s, but have not forgiven the betrayal Coalition with Cameron. However:

www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/22/l...
Lib Dems reject bid to prevent trans women standing in roles reserved for women
Liberal Democrat members at the party's annual conference have rejected a bid to bar trans women from standing in roles reserved for women.
www.thepinknews.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Re the new World Athletics sex testing for women.

Pink News, 23.9.25. www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/23/w...
September 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Who is Graham Linehan, a man who sacrificed his career for the sacred (irony) cause of transphobia?

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
How Graham Linehan’s gender activism led to career armageddon
What began as a nasty Twitter spat seven years ago has led to a peculiar metamorphosis for the comedy writer
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Rudy Giuliani, KBE, one-time drag performer gets a medal from his stage partner.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/p...
Trump announces he will award Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will award former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor.
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September 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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The Sophia Brooks case aginst transphobe Graham Linehan is currently in court.
www.primetimer.com/news/who-is-...
Who is Sophia Brooks? Graham Linehan pled not guilty to harassing transgender woman months before arrest over tweets
Graham Linehan was previously accused of harassing Sophia Brooks, a transgender rights activist
www.primetimer.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM