138 years ago, #OnThisDay in 1885, the Indianapolis Journal published a letter to the editor which described several examples of intersex and/or transgender people in history close to the time of publication. These included Dr. James Barry, an English surgeon, as well as Levi Suydam, an intersex person whose vote determined an election in the 1840s.
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155 years ago, #OnThisDay in 1868, newspapers begin sharing the story of Edgar Burnham, an intersex man that was made into a national spectacle over this fact. Edgar Burnham started life socialized as a girl in Wisconsin, but overtime exhibited traits which we know to be common in people who are intersex. He was married to another man, and quickly divorced as he found he fit in more as a man. He married a woman in Chicago & eventually moved to Iowa.

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155 years ago, #OnThisDay in 1868, newspapers begin sharing the story of Edgar Burnham, an intersex man that was made into a national spectacle over this fact. Edgar Burnham started life socialized as a girl in Wisconsin, but overtime exhibited traits which we know to be common in people who are intersex. He was married to another man, and quickly divorced as he found he fit in more as a man. He married a woman in Chicago and remained there.

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