1847 Transman Arrested
The article reports that a biological female was arrested after attempting to date a woman while dressed as a man; the article is full of culturally-driven declarations on the morality of binary gender archetypes. Eliza McCormick of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada was taken into custody after having lived in various male personas for about 3 years after (s)he made a marriage proposal to a woman. The article details how social shame was used to successfully force McCormick to comply with local gender norms after McCormick was jailed.