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The following is a timeline of transgender history.Transgender history dates back to the first recorded instances of transgender individuals in ancient civilizations. . However, the word transgenderism did not exist until 1965 when coined by psychiatrist John F. Oliven of Columbia University in his 1965 reference work Sexual Hygiene and Pathology; [1] the timeline includes events and ...
The first transgender public officeholder in the United States was Joanne Marie Conte, elected to Arvada, Colorado's City Council in 1991. As of January 2025, the highest-ranking public official is Sarah McBride , who represents Delaware's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives .
Rachel Levine Official portrait, 2021 17th Assistant Secretary for Health In office March 26, 2021 – January 20, 2025 President Joe Biden Secretary Xavier Becerra Preceded by Brett Giroir Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health In office July 2017 – January 23, 2021 Governor Tom Wolf Preceded by Karen Murphy Succeeded by Alison Beam (acting) Personal details Born (1957-10-28 ...
Levine made history in March when she became the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate. She was narrowly confirmed by a vote of 52-48, primarily along party lines
Pete Buttigieg, first major political party candidate for president; before that mayor of South Bend – publicly announced that he was gay in 2015, [119] while in his first term in office; first openly LGBT executive official in Indiana. [120] Veronica Pejril – Indiana's first transgender elected official, Greencastle city council, elected ...
Adm. Rachel Levine, one of the country’s top health officials and the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate, will speak in Kansas City Friday.
When Rosemary Ketchum gets introduced as the first openly transgender person to win elective office in West Virginia, there's often a shocked look that comes across people's faces. Ketchum, 29, is ...
Transgender people also made groundbreaking strides in entertainment. In 2001 Jessica Crockett became the first transgender female actress to play a transgender character on television, on James Cameron's TV series Dark Angel. [111] [112] [113] In 2004, the first all-transgender performance of The Vagina Monologues was held.