The Chevalier d'Eon: the Trans 18th Century Spy

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The Chevalier d'Eon was many things: an aristocrat, a swordfighting master, and a spy. They also became famous for the controversy surrounding the mystery of their "true" gender. Come learn with me about this trans icon and the questions they left us with!

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Sources

Chevalier d’Eon – a case of gender mobbing in the 18th century by Wolfgang Nedobity

NOTICE OF A MEDAL OF THE CHEVALIER D'EON by W. D. Haggard, 1848

CURIOUS LETTER from the CHEVALIER D'EON to PETER FONTAIN, Esq; previous to the former's leaving ENGLAND. The Westminster Magazine, 1777

The Chevalière d'Eon, Transgender Autobiography and Identity by Marilyn Morris
Egg Hatching; Or, Letting the Eighteenth Century Be Trans by Julia Ftacek

Monsieur D'Eon Is a Woman: A Tale of Political Intrigue and Sexual Masquerade By Gary Kates

Translating Trans Identity: (Re)Reading and (Re)Writing Undecidable Texts and Bodies by Emily Anne Linda Rose

The Chevalier D'Eon and His Worlds: Gender, Espionage and Politics in the Eighteenth Century by Simon Burrows

Visualizing the Nation: Gender, Representation, and Revolution in Eighteenth-century France by Joan B. Landes

Mapping Relationships. Gender and cartography in France and England (1650–1800) by Franz Reitinger

Hushed Bodies, Screaming Narratives: The Construction of Trans-Identity in 19th- and 20th-Century French Literature by C.J. Gomolka

The Transgendered World of the Chevalier/Chevalière d'Eon by Gary Kates

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