2024-05-13 06:09:19
Margaret Ann Bulkley (Dr. James Barry) was not a transsexual. She was a woman who masqueraded as a man so she could study medicine and practice as a doctor, a profession barred to women in her time. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(7-0-37) Author
2024-05-13 10:27:02
NNN, the source the other note mentions states that he wished to not be examined post mortem. This probably means he didn't want to be labelled a woman even post mortem. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(8-0-3) Author
2024-05-13 18:02:26
James Barry is buried under the name James Barry. If he had wished to be known as Mary he would have been buried under that name. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(7-0-4) Author
2024-05-13 21:47:47
NNN The note states James Barry wasn't transexual is applying modern language to a time such words weren't used. He has James Barry Written on his grave and presented as a man in life. the term transexual was first used in 1923, 58 years after his death. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(3-0-2) Author
2024-05-14 07:50:19
NNN. Viewing Dr Barry as transgender is a matter of historical interpretation. There is precedent for considering him as such in academic research. [Link] Disputing the post is a matter of opinion as opposed to provable fact. It does not belong in community notes. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-0-1) Author