Unlike other countries where gender affirmation surgery access was restricted but still allowed under certain conditions from the 1960s (the United States) or existed in a legal vacuum (Chile and Mexico), Argentina has prohibited any surgeries that affected reproductive organs since 1967. Different legal codes had penalised homosexual and trans public sociability from the 1930s onwards, with explicit condemnation of people dressed as the “opposite sex”.
Feb 25, 2021
So many queer historical figures have been erased from history. These luminaries include performers, activists, writers, and scientists whose contributions are invaluable but not given their due praise.
Fortunately, more and more books are being published that highlight the lives of queer and BIPOC people alike. The following list contains several queer historical figures who have not yet had books written about their lives, although some of them have written their own autobiographies. Though they are lesser known, these people deserve to have their stories known and celebrated.
Alan L. Hart (1890–1962)
Dr. Alan L. Hart, also known as Robert Allen Bamford, Jr., was a transgender man who was born in October 4, 1890. He was a physician, a radiologist, a writer, and a prolific tuberculosis researcher.