Timeline: Transgender History

Identities

Science, Medicine, and Health

Race and Ethnicity

Politics, Government, and Law

Movements and Activism

Transgender

This timeline is a collaborative work-in-progress that has had many contributors over a long period of time. Some of the language used and concepts referenced, influenced by colonialism, imperialism, racism, sexism, and anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs and practices, might have been considered offensive or otherwise problematic by the individuals discussed in the historical documents; some might be considered offensive or otherwise problematic by LGBTQ+ people today or in the future. All of this is part of LGBTQ+ history. We welcome new contributions; please contact outhistory@gmail.com. First published on OutHistory in 2016; last edited in 2023.

1600s-1700s

1800s

1900-1920

1920-1940

1940-1960

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

trans-timeline

Timeline