Introduction: Rewriting the narrative. The issues ; Pop history ; Trans identity and the Cleopatra problem ; Lessons from lost trans history -- The kids. The brothers: Mark and David Ferrow ; The outlaw: Effie Smith ; The singer: Masoud El Amaratly ; The shoemaker: Ray Leonard ; The lover: Mabel Stanley ; The girl bandit: Emma Heinrich ; The horse thief: Willie Ray -- The activists. The freed woman: Sally-Tom ; The countess: Gerda von Zobeltitz ; The petitioner: Carl Crawford ; The runaway: Mollie Wilson ; The healer: Muksamse'lapli ; The pacificist: Sadie Acosta ; The community leader: Georgia Black ; The guardian: Okiyo ; The professor: Maude Milbourne -- The workers. The maid: Josephine Robinson ; The cobra woman: Elsie Marks ; The dancer: Albín Pleva ; The florist: John Berger ; The butler: Alfred Grouard ; The craftswoman: Ann Storcy ; The boy-of-all-work: Frank Williams -- The athletes. The billiardist: Frances Anderson ; The matador: Agustín Rodríguez ; The pentathlete: Stefan Pekar ; The wrestler: Bill Winters ; The teammates: Léon Caurla and Pierre Brésolles -- Conclusion: A new gender history

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