tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38519501.post8981077186420352547..comments2024-03-28T21:49:02.667+00:00Comments on History is made at night: 'They call themselves the Gender Benders' (1984)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38519501.post-45699484666776281772022-10-05T16:18:53.425+01:002022-10-05T16:18:53.425+01:00I think the 1935 entry on Google is a false positi...I think the 1935 entry on Google is a false positive - although the publication date on Google Books is given as 1935 it seems that the text must be from much later as it refers to the Nazis in the past tense in a way that wouldn't have made sense in 1935.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17026835814805695527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38519501.post-91644860009513428352022-10-03T16:00:31.697+01:002022-10-03T16:00:31.697+01:00From 1935:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1AQ...From 1935:<br />https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1AQlAQAAMAAJ&q=%22gender+bender%22&dq=%22gender+bender%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2m5HhqMT6AhWXSkEAHZ6eDRwQ6AF6BAgJEAI<br />Snippet view, so unclear as to who is being discussed.Johnhttp://anterotesis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38519501.post-68419298605779568112022-09-27T09:42:40.403+01:002022-09-27T09:42:40.403+01:00Thanks Simon, yes I feel sure that the term must h...Thanks Simon, yes I feel sure that the term must have been applied to Boy George et al prior to that January 1984 Mirror article, after all peak Culture Club was 1983 when they went to no.1 in States and UK. I have found some earlier uses of the term in relation to transexuals from 1970s..https://www.blogger.com/profile/17026835814805695527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38519501.post-37651894046879701712022-09-23T20:47:46.514+01:002022-09-23T20:47:46.514+01:00Here's a book from 1981 that has Gender Bender...Here's a book from 1981 that has Gender Benders in the title - <br />https://www.ebay.com/itm/115396901560?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28<br />Not celebrating the phenomenon, appears to be a denunciation - the subtitle is "A Look at the Trends Distorting the Roles of Men and Women" - plus it's published by some kind of Christian press as far as I can tell - Radio Bible Class!<br /><br />On the other hand, I have somewhere a book about Gender Benders in pop that was published in the early '80s. Can't remember the title or author but pretty certain "gender benders" is in at least the subtitle.SIMON REYNOLDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.com