This article addresses the history of transgender people in the United States from prior to Western contact until the present. There are a few historical accounts of transgender people that have been present in the land now known as the United States at least since the early 1600s. Before Western contact, some Native American tribes had third gender people whose social roles varied from tribe to tribe. People dressing and living differently from the gender roles typical of their sex assigned at birth and contributing to various aspects of American history and culture have been documented from the 17th century to the present day. In the 20th and 21st centuries, advances in gender-affirming surgery as well as transgender activism have influenced transgender life and the popular perception of transgender people in the United States.

Harisu (Hangul: 하리수) is the stage name of Lee Kyung-eun (born Lee Kyung-yup, February 17, 1975), a transgender pop singer, model and actress from South Korea. Assigned male at birth, she identified as female from early childhood, and underwent sex reassignment surgery in the 1990s. She is noted for being South Korea's first transgender entertainer, and in 2002 became only the second person in Korea to legally change their gender. Her stage name is an adaptation of the English phrase "hot issue".

Harisu first gained public attention in 2001, after appearing in a television commercial for DoDo cosmetics. The commercial was a success and ended up launching her career, allowing her to branch out into other fields such as music and acting. So far she has recorded five Korean musical albums, switching genres between techno and R&B, and her overseas releases have featured songs recorded in Mandarin. Her first major acting role was in the 2001 film Yellow Hair 2, and since then her credits have included Hi! Honey, a Taiwanese drama series, and Colour Blossoms, an erotic drama by Hong Kong filmmaker Yonfan.

• ... that the British musician Charlie Deakin Davies cofounded the Trans Creative Collective, a directory of transgender musicians?
• ... that the 1974 conference Transvestism and Transsexualism in Modern Society in Leeds became an early platform for the emergence of terms such as "gender alignment" and "trans.people"?
• ... that Northwest High School required transgender staff members of the student newspaper to use deadnames in bylines?
• ... that the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont inspired the name of the transgender rights organisation the Beaumont Society?
• ... that by being the first travesti to become a national celebrity, entertainer Cris Miró increased the visibility of the transgender community in Argentine society during the 1990s?
• ... that the veto of an Indiana law that bans transgender girls from participating in school sports was overridden by the state legislature?

• 10 – Jake Zyrus (1992), Filipino singer and actor
• 15 – Jackie Shane (1940–2019), American singer
• 19 – Sam Smith (1992), English non-binary singer and songwriter
• 25 – Poppy Z. Brite (1967), American author
• 25 – Cece McDonald (1989), American activist
• 26 – Caitlín R. Kiernan (1964), Irish author
• 29 – Laverne Cox (1972), American actress and transgender advocate
• 30 – Christine Jorgensen (1926–1989), American transgender woman

• ... that African-American gay and transgender youth Ali Forney, once homeless himself, had a homeless LGBT youth center in New York City named after him for his work helping other youths?
• ... that non-binary transgender actor Indya Moore became the first transgender person to be featured on the cover of the US version of Elle magazine when they were featured in May 2019?
• ... that Jennie June (b. 1874), one of the earliest transgender people to publish an autobiography in the US, published the first and second volumes in 1918 and 1922, and wrote a third volume which was discovered in 2010?

I took a certain pleasure in informing the gender clinic that even though their program told me I could not live as a Gay man, it looks like I'm going to die like one.