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21-579: Founded in 1966 as the UK wing of the American organisation Full Personality Expression (FPE), it evolved into the Beaumont Society, naming itself after Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont . One of the co-founders was Alice Purnell, another Alga Campbell . It was founded with two aims. The first was to provide information for legal and medical practitioners, as well as the general public, on trans issues, and

42-549: A part of my club because you are a deviate or just a plain fetishist, not a true transvestite as my Competitor, Charles Prince might say." Historian Emily Cousens has discussed the impact that the concept of Full Personality Expression had on trans communities in the 1970s, citing the view that in FPE "androgyny [w]as a combination of gendered traits". This was expressed through graphic design with logos featuring both feminine and masculine motifs combined. Cousens has also argued that FPE

63-465: A person's "contra-sexual" (transgender) feelings and fetishistic behavior, even if the latter involved wearing clothes of the other sex. The use of the term travesti meaning cross-dresser was already common in French in the early 19th century, from where it was imported into Portuguese , with the same meaning. Today, the term transvestite is commonly considered outdated and derogatory, with

84-493: The 1990s transgender people, across a range of sexualities, were explicitly included. It is the longest running support group for trans people in the UK. It also provides counselling. The society has branches across Britain, such as in Kent, Leeds, as well as other locations. The society's annual dinner was held at Broadcasting House in the 1970s and 1980s, subsequently moving to new Kensington Town Hall . In 1978, Friends of Eon

105-408: The Beaumont Society. By 1973 the society had 233 members. Later in the 1970s it had 700 members. By the late 1970s over 2,000 people had passed through its membership. During this time Stephen Whittle joined the society. In its early years the society was explicit that it was for 'heterosexual transvestites' and that 'overt gayness' was not included. Campaigning to alter this started in the 1980s, By

126-594: The Hebrew Bible. Being part of the homosexual movement of Weimar Germany in the beginning, a first transvestite movement of its own started to form since the mid-1920s, resulting in founding first organizations and the first transvestite magazine, Das 3. Geschlecht . The rise of National Socialism stopped this movement from 1933 onwards. Magnus Hirschfeld coined the word transvestite (from Latin trans- , "across, over" and vestitus , "dressed") in his 1910 book Die Transvestiten ( Transvestites ) to refer to

147-400: The early 20th century, transvestite referred to cross-dressers , and also a variety of people who would now be considered transgender . The term transvestite is now considered outdated and derogatory, and has been replaced with the more neutral word cross-dresser . Though the term was coined as late as the 1910s by Magnus Hirschfeld , the phenomenon is not new. It was referred to in

168-615: The end of 2002, although it never formally dissolved. Prince received some criticism for restricting the group's membership to heterosexual (and mostly married) crossdressers and policing of sexual content. Letters in The Transvestite note the competition between FPE and the Empathy club, whose magazines "each cut the other down". Empathy Magazine wrote: "If a pair of panties is the only article of apparel you happen to enjoy wearing I am not going to tell you that you cannot be

189-543: The first charitable trust in the UK for trans people, as well as a helpline. In 1986, the society supported the establishment of a transgender archive at the University of Ulster , and advertised it to its members. The society began to distribute the Beaumont Bulletin from January 1968. Published every two months, it started at eight pages long, but by 1970 it was regularly 24 pages long. The May 1970 issue

210-439: The first reported sexual reassignment surgery . Hirschfeld's transvestites therefore were, in today's terms, not only transvestites, but a variety of people from the transgender spectrum. Hirschfeld also noticed that sexual arousal was often associated with transvestism. In more recent terminology, this is sometimes called transvestic fetishism . Hirschfeld also clearly distinguished between transvestism as an expression of

231-456: The late 1980s, there were disagreements among the members about the association's direction, which led to the formation of TiD (Transvestite Association in Denmark) in 1994 (which changed its name to Transpersoners i Denmark in 2017 and is still active), and FPE-N (Full Personality Expression – Norway ( no ), since renamed to FTP-N ) in 2000. FPE-NE is thought to have ceased activities by

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252-463: The second to provide a social network for transvestite, and later transgender, people. The first official meeting of the society was held in Southampton in 1966 (although there had been an initial one the year before). The first official meeting had twelve attendees, two of whom were wives of members. In 1969 Virginia Prince , the American founder of FPE, visited Britain, generating publicity for

273-666: The sexual interest in cross-dressing. He used it to describe persons who habitually and voluntarily wore clothes of the opposite sex. Hirschfeld's group of transvestites consisted of both males and females, with heterosexual , homosexual , bisexual , and asexual orientations. Hirschfeld himself was not happy with the term: He believed that clothing was only an outward symbol chosen on the basis of various internal psychological situations. In fact, Hirschfeld helped people to achieve changes of their first name (legal given names were required to be gender-specific in Germany ) and performed

294-577: The target audience of the magazine (since she believed that the word transvestite had been given negative connotations by drag queens and fetishists). The Alpha chapter was located in California. Another chapter was located in Boston , and there were likely many more across the United States. In 1964 members financially supported the legal fees for John Miller (also known as Joan Miller), who

315-437: The term cross-dresser used as a more appropriate replacement. The term transvestite was historically used to diagnose medical disorders, including mental health disorders, and transvestism was viewed as a disorder, while the term cross-dresser was coined by the trans community. In some cases, the term transvestite is seen as more appropriate for use by members of the trans community instead of by those outside of

336-483: Was "ideological justification for the vicious distinguishment between politically correct forms of gender variance (transvestism) and more deviant transfeminine embodiments (transsexualism)". Transvestism This is an accepted version of this page Transvestism is the practice of dressing in a manner traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender . The terms transvestism and transvestite were coined by Magnus Hirschfeld in 1910. In

357-589: Was based on her earlier Hose & Heels Club which had been located in Los Angeles . It was renamed in 1976, alongside merging with Carol Beecroft 's Mademoiselle Sorority ( aka. Mamselle ), to Tri-Ess (Society for the Second Self). According to Prince, it was the oldest known transvestite organisation and was formed from the subscribers to her magazine Transvestia . The initials FP were taken from Prince's blend word femmepersonator for

378-807: Was established, as a sister organisation to the Beaumont Society but to provide support for transgender people in the Republic of Ireland. Members of the Beaumont Society in Leeds, including June Willmott , organised the 1974 conference Transvestism and Transsexuality in Modern Society , the first UK national Trans conference held at the University of Leeds . In 1975 they organised a subsequent conference in Leicester, entitled Transvestism and Allied States in Family and Society. The same year it also established

399-503: Was formed in 1962 by Virginia Prince as an organization for heterosexual male crossdressers , based on her earlier Hose & Heels Club. The Alpha chapter was located in California, but new chapters appeared across the United States and Europe. Prince received some criticism for restricting the group's membership to heterosexual (and mostly married) crossdressers and policing of sexual content. Formed in 1962 by Virginia Prince as an organization for heterosexual male crossdressers , it

420-432: Was on FPE's council, with a $ 300 donation. The British wing of FPE, The Beaumont Society , was co-founded in 1966 by Alga Campbell , Alice Purnell and others. Full Personality Expression – Northern Europe (FPE-NE) was founded on 17 November 1966 by Anette Hall , a previous member of FPE. Its activities covered Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland, with regional boards that became independent in 1982. From

441-505: Was the first to include content written by wives of members. The publication referred to its readers as 'girls', and included tips on make-up application and buying clothes, especially those in larger sizes. In 1977, a new publication, Beaumag , was issued which included fiction and comic writing. As of 2024, the society still created a publication for its members, now entitled Beaumont Magazine . Full Personality Expression Full Personality Expression (FPE) , also Phi Pi Epsilon ,

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