It is true that the more sensational elaborations of d'Eon's life added such titillations as the claim that d'Eon was the father of George IV, but the more reliable books reject such claims. Nor is there any evidence of female lovers.However given his high diplomatic rank, he would be very constrained in what he might do. There is no mention that d'Eon was ever seen at one. The major development of gay/trans expression at that period was the molly houses. In Christian Europe where sex and gender expression had been so repressed, it is almost impossible to name any at all. Quite likely there were many early-transitioners in India and South-East Asia - although this remains undocumented. A lack of early-transitioners to compare to.Some of the problems in applying a 21st-century concept like 'autogynephilia' to the 18th century: Now this is not a surprising claim from Brown who after all declared Christine Jorgensen to be autogynephilic. She then adds, in brackets: "Ironically, he used the term 'Eonist' which was named after a famous historically significant cross-dresser, who by his history, is easily recognizably autogynephilic". On page 100 of Kay Brown's new book, named after her blog as On the Science of Changing Sex, she mentions that "Meyer at Hopkins" labelled a group of transkids as 'Eonists'. When I go to Amazon.books and type in 'transgender' the top item shown is this year's most hyped transphobic screed: A Shrier's Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters.
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