Smithsonian Adds Trans Items To Expanded LGBT History Collection
Yesterday The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History added hundreds of photographs, papers and historical objects to its collection to document the history of trans, bisexual, gay and lesbian people. And in case you’re wondering about it, yes, the trans end was ably represented on this day. One of the trans items donated was a wooden tennis racket from Renee Richards, who turned 80 years old yesterday and was one of the newsworthy trans folks of the 1970’s. After she was denied entry to play in the 1976 US Open because of a hastily enacted USTA women-born-women policy, she won a landmark New York Supreme Court trans rights decision in 1977. Another of the trans-specific items donated for historical posterity was the original trans pride flag created by longtime Atlanta based trans advocate Monica Helms back in 1999 along with a Transgender American Veterans Association button, a TransParentday.org rubber wrist
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- 1History, archives, and memoryTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication100%
- 2Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community39%
- 3Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life14%
- 4Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community14%
- 5Public policy and governanceTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life12%
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- Community and organizing158
- Law and civil rights117
- Education and youth78
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse63
- Healthcare and medicine57
- Science, evidence, and expertise54
- Culture, identity, and representation52
- Labor, economics, and institutions47
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization45
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