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A thread about older celebrities went viral because people didn’t know they were all trans women
From actresses and models to innovators and politicians, these women laid the groundwork for the modern trans movement.
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15 history-making LGBTQ+ veterans who fought for equality
For many years, LGBTQ+ servicemembers couldn’t serve openly. These courageous individuals served their country anyway.
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Aleshia Brevard’s “The Woman I was Not Born to Be” is the best trans memoir I’ve encountered
“It was about who I was, about the boy I was presumed to be. I’d been subjected to all the traditional male training and none of it took.”
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50 years ago, an awful movie about a trans woman was Tom Selleck’s first role on the big screen
One of the stars said the flick “was made by people locked in their dressing rooms waiting for their lawyers to arrive.”
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Reed Erickson was a trans man who bankrolled early LGBT movements
Fundraising is central to the LGBTQ movement today. But decades ago, several organizations depended on one trans man.
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Remembering transgender pioneer Christine Jorgensen
There was a media storm of coverage in the 1950’s after she transitioned.
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Did you know there is an outdoor museum of LGBTQ history?
Chicago’s Legacy Walk teaches our history in a unique and fascinating manner.
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40 years after the ‘honeymoon murder of the transsexual bride’
No one attended the funeral for the unwanted bride whose body was dumped by the side of the interstate.
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LGBT History Month profile: Christine Jorgensen, transgender pioneer
Christine Jorgensen was the first nationally known transgender American. She used her fame to speak out on behalf of transgender people.