Our History - Hermann Freiherr von Teschenberg

Hermann Freiherr von Teschenberg

6 July 1866 – 6 November 1911 was an Austrian barrister, translator, and an LGBT rights activist.

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Intro Austrian barrister, translator, and an LGBT rights activist.

A.K.A. Teschenberg

Gender Male
Birth 6 July 1866, Moravia, Czech Republic
Death 6 November 1911, Naples, Italy (aged 45 years)



Born in Austria, von Teschenberg was the son of a diplomat, Ernst Freiherr von Teschenberg (1836–1886) and Rosa Peetz. His father was also editor of the Wiener Zeitung on behalf of the government. So he spent his childhood among elites in Austria, getting to know the future King Alfonso XII of Spain and Empress Elisabeth of Austria.

He studied law in college and married, although the name of his wife is not known. He was discovered kissing a soldier in Prater park in Vienna, after which he fled to Italy in 1893-94, and later to England. By his own account, he met Oscar Wilde and tried to mediate between the writer and the father of Lord Alfred Douglas, the Marquess of Queensberry. He translated some of Oscar Wilde's works into the German language.

In early 1898 he settled in Berlin, joining Magnus Hirschfeld, who had founded the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee. Teschenberg was even named later among the founders of the Committee, working without pay from 1898 to 1905. He was also a transvestite and photographed several times wearing women's clothing for the Committee magazine.

After 1905 he moved to Italy. He died in Naples in 1911.

I Love A Success Story - Jin Xing

Jin Xing

The famous transgender person I admire the most is Jin Xing

BY Feifei Wang

Jin Xing (Chinese: 金星; born August 13, 1967 in Shenyang, Liaoning) is a Chinese ballerina, modern dancer, choreographer, actress, founder and artistic director of the contemporary dance company Shanghai. She is a famous transgender celebrity. (Wikipedia) 









She is a famous dancer and choreographer. She has her own talk show and she's the owner of her own dance company. She is the first woman in China that undergo a sex change surgery, and is the one of the first transgender women to be recognized as a woman by the government.

Jin Xin was without a doubt an extremely talented artist and intelligent person. But what I admired the most is her courage. Not only she went through the surgery and treatment, she's very open and frank about it. She talked about her feeling of being a woman from a very young age, she talked about her surgery and her difficult recovery (One of her leg was paralyzed for a while, you can imagine how hard it must be for a dancer). She's uplifting and funny. (her talk show was really fun to watch). She talked about her husband, her 3 adopted children, her dance theater. She talked about her many encounters with men as fun "date stories".

I think more than anything her bravery, grace and down to earth personality changed a lot of people's perception about transgender people. I remember when the news first broke out about her sex change, a lot of people reacted with disgust and hatred. She was called a freak and a joke, people said her sex change was just a publicity stunt, an aging dancer try to get one last fame.

But she didn't hide away from public. She was famous when she's a man, and she was even more famous now she's finally herself. She faced all those criticism and hate with one big smile, her sharp words and her charm.

I know someone (a relative) who had said transgender people make her sick. But after watching Jin Xin's show, she changed her mind. She literally changed her mind about her transphobia! Last time I went back to China, she was watching Jin Xin's talk show and laughing.

Feifei Wang:

Jin Xin's story gives me hope. With open communication, with more awareness, and compassion, people do change. She is truly a hero.