According to Ady Jean-Gardy’s “Carnaval Histoire”: “Male transvestitism goes on throughout the 18th century, mercilessly mocking the effete lords of French nobility.”
Leah Gordon, Haiti
1792, Chevalier d'Eon, french diplomat lived in London 1762-1777 as man, and from 1785-1810 as a woman and, during both periods, he enjoyed considerable fame in international politics, high society and popular culture.
Long before he lived publicly as a woman, d’Eon was feted as a famous soldier, champion fencer and diplomat who negotiated the Peace of Paris in 1763.
Maria Komornicka, born 1876
circa 1898 changed gender as Piotr Odmieniec Włast
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