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14 Tex. J. Women & L. 77 (2004-2005)
A History of Gender Variance in Pre-20th Century Anglo-American Law

handle is hein.journals/tjwl14 and id is 83 raw text is: Texas Journal of Women and the Law Volume 14 A HISTORY OF GENDER VARIANCE IN PRE-20TH CENTURY ANGLO-AMERICAN LAW Katrina C. Rose* I. Introduction .................................................................................. 78 II. The Relevance Today .................................................................. 82 A. The Gender Recognition Act of 2004 .................................. 82 B. What Came Before ................................................................ 84 III. Hermaphrodites and the Law ....................................................... 86 A . H istory .................................................................................. 86 B . Today .................................................................................... 89 IV . Three Cases in Point .................................................................... 91 A. The Hall Case of 1629 ......................................................... 91 B. H unt v. Poulter ..................................................................... 98 C. The Queen v. Boulton and Others ........................................... 102 V . O ther C ases ..................................................................................... 108 A . E ng land ................................................................................... 108 B. Am erica- The O ld ................................................................... 110 1. Slander ............................................................................... 110 2. M arriage ............................................................................. 115 V I. C onclusion ...................................................................................... 116 A. America-The Modern ............................................................ 116 B . Ep ilogue ................................................................................... 117 * Attorney at Law, licensed in Texas and Minnesota; B.E.D., Texas A&M University; J.D., South Texas College of Law; currently pursuing a Ph.D. in History at the University of Iowa; founding member of the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC). The author would like to thank Prof. Henry Horwitz for his insight and Prof. Wendie Schneider for offering me a research assistantship for the Summer of 2004, during which, while working on her projects, I stumbled across a number of items that have proven invaluable for this article, items of which I otherwise would not have been aware. The author would also like to thank the following individuals who helped in various ways at various stages of the writing of this article: Sandy Stevens, Gwen Smith, Ethan St. Pierre, and Alyson Meiselman; and, special thanks to my cat, Eve, for staying off of my computer's keyboard long enough for me to finish the article. I dedicate the article to the memory of Darryl Fearon who, on July 16, 2004, was stabbed to death in the West Village, New York City, while coming to the aid of three transgendered women who were being harassed.

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