Trans+ History Week: Five ground-breaking historical trans icons you’ve probably never heard of

Trans+ History Week 2025 has begun and its founder, Marty Davies, wants everyone to know that trans people have always existed.

Any queer person who has a social media account has undoubtedly encountered the tired, bigoted rhetoric that being trans is a modern “trend”. The claim has been a favourite refrain sung by conservative voices – from Republican figures like Vivek Ramaswamy to celebrities such as veteran shock rocker Alice Cooper. 

But the truth is that gender-diverse people have been with us, in countries from India to Australia and the Americas, throughout history.

However, there is a great deal about trans lives that hasn’t been told, is misrepresented or hidden from the public. Additionally, it can be tricky to apply modern words about gender to figures who lived before the term

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