Hart Crane
January 1 – National
Man Into Woman, the Story of Lili Elbe’s Life, published and discloses how a narrative of “transsexuality” was shaped by cultural values, linguistic choices, and editorial decisions.
Ohio, Cleveland
Polish-American Olympian runner Stella Walsh wins gold and silver medals at the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games. She participates on the Polish national team due to a lateoccurring delay in her application for American citizenship. In 1936, United States runner Helen Stephens wins an Olympic gold medal for the 100-meter sprint, beating Walsh. Stephens’s sex is challenged because of her appearance and athletic performance but sex tests reveal that she is a female. Walsh, who is not tested, is revealed to be intersex upon her death in 1980. Intersex (also known as ambiguous genitalia) occurs in 1-2% of the human population.
Oregon
Hart Crane a gay writer commits suicide in complete despair.
National
Babe Didrikson Zaharias is considered by many to be the greatest female athlete of the 20th Century. She wins Olympic gold medals in track & field in 1932, competes in softball, basketball, baseball, tennis and is a founder of the LPGA which she dominates in the 1950’s. Babe is vilified early in her career for her “masculine” appearance and, though she marries a male professional wrestler, her female companion, Betty Dodds, is at her side when she dies of cancer in 1956.
United States LGBT History for 1932
State equality and discrimination bills
President Herbert Hoover
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