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Title: The Chevalier d'Eon
Post by: Sandra B on July 12, 2020, 04:24:37 PM

An eighteenth century aristocrat who spent the latter part of life as a woman.  The fencing match illustrated took place in 1787 at Carlton House between she and the Chevalier de Saint-George, the "Black Mozart", an important musician and composer as well as one of the best fencers of his day.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-incredible-chevalier-deon-who-left-france-as-a-male-spy-and-returned-as-a-christian-woman
https://www.npg.org.uk/research/new-research-on-the-collection/the-chevalier-deon

Title: Re: The Chevalier d'Eon
Post by: totalgirlie on August 10, 2020, 08:45:43 PM

The Chevalier is mentioned in the excellent song on gender bending song "Sans Contrefaçon" by Mylène Farmer.

Title: Re: The Chevalier d'Eon
Post by: Petticoated Boy on August 17, 2021, 04:44:55 AM

In his book The Psychology of Sex, Havelock Ellis refers to transvestitism as Eeonism.