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Sorry haters, Americans increasingly support trans people

Amid rollbacks of federal protections for transgender individuals, a new survey finds Americans have grown increasingly more supportive of rights for transgender people. Sixty-two percent of Americans say they have become more supportive of…

Family and relationshipsLaw and civil rights
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1974: Transies

1974: Transies Tenderloin Transies Protest Thirty-three drag queens were evicted from their apartments in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco, triggering protests from TVs and TSs who live in that area. The mid-day demonstration…

Community and organizingHistory, archives, and memory
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1970s Review of TS/TV Unity

So, prior to the 1990s, did the TS and non-TS groups work together to form a larger group in order to pursue “common social, economic, and political interests” (see definition of “community”)? I can…

Community and organizingHealthcare and medicine
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1973: Transvestite & Transsexual Activism

Did you catch that inclusivity? If you didn’t let me quote the words written by a transsexual woman: “By the time you read this letter, cross-dressing should be legal in the City of Detroit.…

Community and organizingLaw and civil rights
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1989: Tribute to Christine Jorgensen

1989: TV-TS Tapestry, Issue 54 She must have seen many changes since that day in 1952 when the headlines blared “GI Becomes Blonde Bombshell”, as have we all. Certainly, she, and we, saw the…

Community and organizingEducation and youth
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TS Separatism: 1994 & 2002

The earliest usage of the term, “TS Separatist” I can find comes from a 1994 newsletter article. The context in which it is used references only those MTF transsexuals who have had vaginoplasty and…

Community and organizingHealthcare and medicine
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Proof: The Facts of Life vs the Cisgender Debate

Dave Chappelle’s cisgender enablers repeatedly assert that anti-trans “jokes” are “just jokes” and not an essential aspect of the dehumanization process. So, let us put cisgender media’s claim to the test. The pushback against…

Community and organizingLaw and civil rights
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1975: Transgenderism = Umbrella Term

Image, Spring 1975 Transgenderism Series The Salmacis Society is sponsoring a series of eight meetings on transgenderism beginning on May 15 and continuing every other Thursday t through August 21. They will be held…

Law and civil rights