Jennie June (autobiographer)

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Jennie June (1874 – after 1922) was a pseudonymous American writer known for advocating for the rights of people who did not conform to gender and sexual norms. June was one of the earliest transgender individuals to publish an autobiography in the United States. Although June expressed a lifelong desire to be a woman, June consistently used masculine pronouns in reference to themself. June wrote of feeling like a combination of male and female and of their practice of alternating between these two gender expressions. They published their first memoir, The Autobiography of an Androgyne, in 1918, and their second, The Female-Impersonators, in 1922. June also wrote an unpublished third autobiography in 1921. June claimed their goal in writing these books was to help create an accepting environment for young adults who do not conform to gender or sexual norms. In 1895, June created the Cercle Hermaphroditos, an organization for the rights of androgynes. Most members were claimed by June as...

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