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Profiles
Biographies, written and/or transcribed by the Trans Guy Archive, about historical trans guys and other female-to-male gender-crossers.
The Female Husband: or, the Surprising History of Mrs. Mary, alias Mr. Charles Hamilton, who was Convicted of having Married a young Woman of Wells and Lived with her as her Husband (1746)
A short fictionalized biography of Female Husband Charles Hamilton by Henry Fielding.
Feb 212 min read
"A Woman Was Arrested"
A mildly humorous news clipping about a "young woman" arrested for wearing masculine clothing.
Jan 121 min read
Deborah Lewis
Newspaper clipping of Deborah Lewis, who dressed in masculine clothing and married a widowed woman.
Jan 71 min read
Babe/Bertie Bean
Late 19th century newspaper clippings about the current life of "Babe" Bean, including a rare account of Bean's life in [his/their] own words.
Jan 415 min read
Murray H. Hall
Scottish-American Tammany Hall politician and bondsman. Posthumously outed.
Dec 8, 20253 min read
E.W. Burnham
Potentially intersex business man who founded his own novelty company.
Dec 7, 202512 min read
Augustus Baudouin
A short obituary of a teenager brought in for robbery.
Dec 6, 20251 min read
Henry Armstrong
A short obituary on the life of Henry Armstrong.
Dec 6, 20251 min read
Tommy (Civil War soldier)
A young "Anglo-African" Civil War soldier.
Dec 6, 20251 min read
Sir Ewan Forbes-Sempill
Sir Ewan Forbes-Sempill, 11th Baronet, was a Scottish trans man best known for a lengthy inheritance battle over the estate of his late father.
Dec 6, 20254 min read
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