Did you know that Cape Cod’s Provincetown Harbor is where the Pilgrims initially anchored the Mayflower in 1620 after their ocean voyage from England? (Provincetown is the site of Fantasia Fair, the longest-running transgender event of its kind in the New World.)
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Now wouldn't it be lovely if the Pilgrims hadn't been the religious bigots that they were and Transgenderism (or whatever you would have called it in those days) had been recognised as a normal human condition from then on.
ReplyDeleteGiven the polarization in this country kids are never going to be able to learn about the true treatment of Native Peoples. The victor gets to write the history.
ReplyDeleteThat femulator outfit looks more Edwardian than Victorian, making it 20th century. Regardless, I still maintain that dressing up back then must have been a lot of fun! However, I will take the ease with which we can go out now due to more acceptance any day.
ReplyDeleteThe femulator really reminds me of Julian Eltinge. I couldn't find that photo in my "Eltinge" search but I found a walking stick that's VERY similar in several of Eltinge's photos. If it is him/herself, that would put the photo in the timeframe you've suggested, Angela.
DeleteYour comment moved me to research the photo and it turned out to be a circa 1917 image of German female impersonator, Paul Storsberg,
DeleteHeard about this a few weeks ago when we climbed the Pilgrim Tower in P'town
ReplyDeleteWow! That White ALC dress is cute!!!
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