May 18, 2024
Black and white photographs of trans man Rupert Raj (circa 1970s) posing shirtless in bed (from the digital transgender archive)
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Black and white photographs of trans man Rupert Raj (circa 1970s) posing shirtless in bed (from the digital transgender archive)
Rupert Raj with friends Micheline Johnson and Mike Camp, 1974 x
Rupert Raj
Hier, en fouillant la Digital Trans Archive simplement guidé par ma frivolité, je suis tombé sur une, puis une autre, puis encore une autre de ces photos d’un mec trans hot, qui flairaient bon les années 1970-80 :
Ce mec, il s’appelle Rupert Raj, et j’ai découvert c’est une figure importante du militantisme trans, en particulier au Canada ! Militant trans, plus tard devenu psychologue, il a transitionné dans les années 1970. C’était un contemporain de Lou Sullivan, on peut voir qu’ils ont eu une correspondance. D’ailleurs, c’est le fondateur de Metamorphosis magazine, magazine FTM canadien, dont on a un article que j’affectionne tout particulièrement en cours de traduction à TransFagTrad (« Coming out as a gay TS », 1988). Il a publié des articles de Lou Sullivan dans son magazine. Pépite : sa page wikipédia dit de Rupert Raj qu’il a fait sa vie avec un autre homme trans, et qu’ils ont élevé des enfants ensemble ! Ça me fait toujours un truc de découvrir des mecs trans qui ont transitionné y'a un moment, qui ont fait leur vie avec un mec trans.
A checker en ligne :
Jolie vidéo émouvante où Rupert Raj raconte sa transition (en anglais, possibilité de sous-titres français automatisés)
Article de "L'encyclopédie canadienne" sur Rupert Raj (en français)
Fouiller la "Rupert Raj collection" sur la Digital Trans Archive (surtout en anglais)
La frivolité est une vertu : CQFD !
Rupert Raj by J. Loewen (1975)
Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (February 20, 1983)
Rupert Raj
Gender: Transgender man
Sexuality: N/A
DOB: Born 1952
Ethnicity: Indian, Polish
Occupation: Activist, writer
Canadian advocate Rupert Raj appears on the Sally Jessy Raphael show in 1986.
looking through the digital transgender archive again
"10 Most Damaging Myths About Transmen and FTMs" by Rupert Raj from March 20, 1999
10 Most Damaging Myths about Transmen and FTMS
10. All FTMS come from the lesbian community, and after transition are heterosexual. (that is, attracted to women) 9. Transsexualism/transgenderism can be "cured" by psychotherapy. Transsexual men are really just lesbians. 8. FTMs did not exist until after World War II, with the advent of hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery. 7. Female-to-Males are far rarer than Male-to-Female transsexuals. 6. Transmen seek to live as and be recognized as male in order to obtain male privilege and economic advantages. 5. All transman exhibit stereotypically male behavior and want to be as macho as possible. 4. Taking testosterone makes Female-to-Male transsexuals much more aggressive and angry than they were before taking hormones. 3. All FTMs want genital reconstruction as the driving force of their transition. (not necessarily the social aspects that go along with masculinity) 2. Historically, all women only chose to live as men to pursue careers that were otherwise unattainable to them, to seek economic opportunities, or to justify lesbian relationships. 1. Transmen are really just butch lesbians who change sex to justify same-sex relationships or to avoid harassment.