Transphobic Radical Hate Didn’t Start With Brennan: The Sandy Stone-Olivia Records Controversy
When Cathy Brennan recently published her transphobic missive to the UN at radfem Hub, it reminded me of a similar kind of radical feminist transphobic screeds from the past. In 1977 Sandy Stone was the focus of a controversy concerning her inclusion into the Olivia Records women’s collective. The following letter, “Open Letter to Olivia” and Olivia’s response were posted in “Sister: West Coast Feminist Newspaper” in the June-July edition of 1977. “Dear Olivia: We are writing concerning your decision to employ Sandy Stone (formerly Doc Storch) as your recording engineer and sound technician. We feel that it was and is irresponsible of you to have presented this person as a woman to the women’s community when in fact he is a post-operative transexual. The decision to work with a transexual is one issue in itself; but the omission of this information from the public of women who support you
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- 2Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community60%
- 3Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community60%
- 4Healthcare and medicineTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life22%
- 5Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community22%
- 6Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life16%
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- 243%
Policy framing
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- Community and organizing165
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization117
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse80
- Law and civil rights74
- Culture, identity, and representation73
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- History, archives, and memory44
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