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The Female-Impersonators (1922) is an autobiography by Earl Lind.
Accompanied by an introduction by Dr. Alfred W. Herzog, Lind's
autobiography intended for a clinical audience has been recognized
as a pioneering work in the history of transgender literature.
Throughout his life, Lind was forced to justify and defend his
existence from puritanical authorities who refused to even
recognize the reality of his identity as an androgyne. In this
third installment of his autobiographical trilogy, he focuses on
the community of androgynes or "female-impersonators" he joined
when he moved from Connecticut to New York City. "I was predestined
to an unusual role in the great drama we call 'life.' I was brought
into the world as one of the rare humans who possess a strong
claim, on anatomic grounds as well as psychic, to membership in
both the recognized sexes. I was foreordained to live part of my
life as man and part as woman." Situating his own identity within
the history of transgender oppression, Lind makes the case for
recognizing the presence of androgynes in all human societies. Ever
since he was a child, Lind identified as feminine and was keenly
aware of his homosexual desires, gaining a reputation among the
local boys and soon turning to girls for friendship and
understanding. In a world that saw androgynes as both corrupt and
willfully different, Lind sought to increase understanding and to
explain through scientific, historical, and personal evidence why
his identity was congenital, and therefore natural. In this final
installment of his trilogy of autobiographical works, Lind focuses
on the community of androgynes he joined at New York's Columbia
Hall, a well-known brothel and gay bar on the Bowery. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Earl Lind's The Female-Impersonators is a classic
work of transgender literature reimagined for modern readers.
Earl Lind's 1918 autobiography has been recognized as a pioneering
work in the history of transgender literature. Throughout his life,
Lind was forced to justify and defend his existence from
puritanical authorities. In the first of his trilogy of
autobiographical works, he not only demands recognition, but
exposes the denial of his existence as nothing but hatred and fear.
"Androgynes have of course existed in all ages of history and among
all races. In Greek and Latin authors there are many references to
them, but these references are not always understood except by the
few scholars who are themselves androgynes or at least passive
sexual inverts. [...] [T]hese men-women, because misunderstood,
have been held in great abomination both in the middle ages and in
modern times, but the prejudice against them was not so extreme in
antiquity, and a cultured citizen having this nature did not then
lose caste on this account." Situating his own identity within this
history of oppression, Lind makes the case for recognizing the
presence of androgynes in all human societies. Ever since he was a
child, Lind identified as feminine and was keenly aware of his
homosexual desires, gaining a reputation among the local boys and
soon turning to girls for friendship and understanding. In a world
that saw androgynes as both corrupt and willfully different, Lind
sought to increase understanding and to explain through scientific,
historical, and personal evidence why his identity was congenital,
and therefore natural. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Earl Lind's
Autobiography of an Androgyne is a classic work of transgender
literature reimagined for modern readers.
The Female-Impersonators (1922) is an autobiography by Earl Lind.
Accompanied by an introduction by Dr. Alfred W. Herzog, Lind’s
autobiography―intended for a clinical audience―has been
recognized as a pioneering work in the history of transgender
literature. Throughout his life, Lind was forced to justify and
defend his existence from puritanical authorities who refused to
even recognize the reality of his identity as an androgyne. In this
third installment of his autobiographical trilogy, he focuses on
the community of androgynes or “female-impersonators” he joined
when he moved from Connecticut to New York City. “I was
predestined to an unusual role in the great drama we call
‘life.’ I was brought into the world as one of the rare humans
who possess a strong claim, on anatomic grounds as well as psychic,
to membership in both the recognized sexes. I was foreordained to
live part of my life as man and part as woman.” Situating his own
identity within the history of transgender oppression, Lind makes
the case for recognizing the presence of androgynes in all human
societies. Ever since he was a child, Lind identified as feminine
and was keenly aware of his homosexual desires, gaining a
reputation among the local boys and soon turning to girls for
friendship and understanding. In a world that saw androgynes as
both corrupt and willfully different, Lind sought to increase
understanding and to explain through scientific, historical, and
personal evidence why his identity was congenital, and therefore
natural. In this final installment of his trilogy of
autobiographical works, Lind focuses on the community of androgynes
he joined at New York’s Columbia Hall, a well-known brothel and
gay bar on the Bowery. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Earl Lind’s
The Female-Impersonators is a classic work of transgender
literature reimagined for modern readers.
Earl Lind’s 1918 autobiography has been recognized as a
pioneering work in the history of transgender literature.
Throughout his life, Lind was forced to justify and defend his
existence from puritanical authorities. In the first of his trilogy
of autobiographical works, he not only demands recognition, but
exposes the denial of his existence as nothing but hatred and fear.
“Androgynes have of course existed in all ages of history and
among all races. In Greek and Latin authors there are many
references to them, but these references are not always understood
except by the few scholars who are themselves androgynes or at
least passive sexual inverts. […] [T]hese men-women, because
misunderstood, have been held in great abomination both in the
middle ages and in modern times, but the prejudice against them was
not so extreme in antiquity, and a cultured citizen having this
nature did not then lose caste on this account.” Situating his
own identity within this history of oppression, Lind makes the case
for recognizing the presence of androgynes in all human societies.
Ever since he was a child, Lind identified as feminine and was
keenly aware of his homosexual desires, gaining a reputation among
the local boys and soon turning to girls for friendship and
understanding. In a world that saw androgynes as both corrupt and
willfully different, Lind sought to increase understanding and to
explain through scientific, historical, and personal evidence why
his identity was congenital, and therefore natural. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Earl Lind’s Autobiography of an Androgyne is a
classic work of transgender literature reimagined for modern
readers.
An early autobiography of a transvestite, first published in 1918.
Earl Lind (also known as Ralph Werther and Jennie June) is also the
author of The Female Impersonators, first published in 1922.
Originally published in 1922, this was a sequel to the
Autobiography of an Androgyne and an account of some of the
author's experiences during his six years' career as an instinctive
female-impersonator in New York's underworld. It also includes the
life stories of his androgyne associates and an outline of his
subsequently acquired knowledge of kindred phenomena of human
character and psychology.
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