Transsexualism

Scope Note: Here are entered works on instances in which an individual identifies with a gender inconsistent or not culturally associated with the sex they were assigned at birth and affirms or seeks to affirm their gender through medical intervention. This Library of Congress Subject Headings scope note was edited for local use in Archives at Yale by Yale University Library staff in 2021 to address potentially outdated or harmful descriptive language. For more information on the use of the term “transsexualism,” see the GLAAD Media Reference Guide https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender. Users may also wish to search using the Library of Congress subject term “transgender people.” For more information on language Yale uses in its archival description, see the Yale Statement on Harmful Language in Archival Description: https://guides.library.yale.edu/specialcollections/statementondescription