The Female-Impersonators
1922
Jennie June
New York: Medico-Legal Journal
American
Memoir
295pp
Queer Experience, Queer Theory, Transgender, Sex Workers, Nonfiction
Summary
The sequel to Autobiography of an Androgyne (1918) and Riddle of the Underworld (1921). This volume deals more with the definitions, lives, and commonalities of androgynes. Her theory relates homosexuality to a spectrum on androgyny, which she contiunes from the example of Oscar Wilde in her first book's "Appendix II: The Case of Oscar Wilde."
More Info
The author is also known as Earl Lind and Ralph Werther.
Content & Trigger Warnings
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HOMOPHOBIA: The intoduction, written by Herzon, is completely homophobic and disrespectful to June.
Editions
New York : Medico-Legal Journal (1922) first edition cover. From Wikimedia Commons, uploaded by Duke University Libraries. Other pictures from the book also included in that link.
The edition hosted on Google and Hathitrust, uploaded by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has exactly the same content down to the page numbers. Still, it is labeled 101 of 1,000 copies—unlike the Duke version which lacks a number—and its cover is plain royal blue.