New Jersey Support Group

New Jersey Support Group

History

Main page for history

I had hoped that it would be simple to write a brief history of the New Jersey Support Group.  I had planned for the History Section to consist of this general history of the group, then to devote a page to a transgender calendar permitting the observance of important dates on a monthly basis, and then to devote the last page to a chronology of important events in the history of transgenderism.  For the present, the first page will consist of detailing what an extensive project it would be to write a history of transgenderism in the state of New Jersey.  Sections dealing with transgender organizations developed to meet the needs of this community and the place of our Support Group among them will have to await another occasion.  For the present, the Calendar Page will simply present announcements of Transgender Remembrance Day 2006.  The Chronology page will pose a question I have sought to answer for years:  What is the birthdate of the first transsexual, Danish landscape painter Einar Wegener, who became Lily Elbe?

Jennifer Mae Barnes

November 19, 2006