Full Personality Expression
Full Personality Expression , also Phi Pi Epsilon, was formed in 1962 by Virginia Prince as an organization for heterosexual male crossdressers, based on her earlier Hose & Heels Club. The Alpha chapter was located in California, but new chapters appeared across the United States and Europe. Prince received some criticism for restricting the group's membership to heterosexual crossdressers and policing of sexual content.
Background
Formed in 1962 by Virginia Prince as an organization for heterosexual male crossdressers, it was based on her earlier Hose & Heels Club which had been located in Los Angeles. It was renamed in 1976, alongside merging with Carol Beecroft's Mademoiselle Sorority, to Tri-Ess.According to Prince, it was the oldest known transvestite organisation and was formed from the subscribers to her magazine Transvestia. The initials FP were taken from Prince's blend word femmepersonator'' for the target audience of the magazine.
Chapters
The Alpha chapter was located in California. Another chapter was located in Boston, and there were likely many more across the United States. In 1964 members financially supported the legal fees for John Miller, who was on FPE's council, with a $300 donation.The British wing of FPE, The Beaumont Society, was co-founded in 1966 by Alga Campbell, Alice Purnell and others.
Full Personality Expression – Northern Europe was founded on 17 November 1966 by Anette Hall, a previous member of FPE. Its activities covered Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland, with regional boards that became independent in 1982. From the late 1980s, there were disagreements among the members about the association's direction, which led to the formation of TiD in 1994, and ''FPE-N in 2000. FPE-NE is thought to have ceased activities by the end of 2002, although it never formally dissolved.