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A Trans Woman Invented the Tech Behind Your Smartphone in 1965. (And Then IBM Fired Her, Obviously.)
Pride season may be behind us, but the transphobia and legal attacks to which it was a defiant answer haven't gone anywhere. The parades end, the flags [...]Read more about A Trans Woman Invented the Tech Behind Your Smartphone in 1965. (And Then IBM Fired Her, Obviously.)
Giving in to Anti-Trans Hysteria Is Not a Winning Strategy for Democrats
I was at a concert recently and a person next to me was wearing a cross-body bag that read, “Speak Up for Your LGBTQ+ Friends.” This person appeared to be your [...]Read more about Giving in to Anti-Trans Hysteria Is Not a Winning Strategy for Democrats
Trump Is Targeting the Smithsonian. My LGBTQ+ History Is Inside It.
There’s been something troubling me for the last couple of years about what the Trump administration has been doing. It affects me personally, but I’ve mostly [...]Read more about Trump Is Targeting the Smithsonian. My LGBTQ+ History Is Inside It.
Rethinking Masculinity: What Queer and Trans People Taught Me About Being a Man
I was the youngest “girl” — meaning assigned girl — in a large Midwestern farm family in the 1970s. We didn't talk much about gender, but masculinity [...]Read more about Rethinking Masculinity: What Queer and Trans People Taught Me About Being a Man
Hero Lawmakers Stand Up Against GOP Anti-Trans Obsession
A shout out and a “Hell yeah!” to Montana State Rep. Zooey Zephyr, Nebraska State Sen. Megan Hunt and Nebraska State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh who are standing up [...]Read more about Hero Lawmakers Stand Up Against GOP Anti-Trans Obsession
Sybil Offen, My Late-in-Life Lesbian Friend, Was the Best Jewish Mother a Baby Dyke Could Have
The nametag stopped me in my tracks. I immediately swung around to talk to the gray-haired woman with a friendly face sitting in the author booth at the March [...]Read more about Sybil Offen, My Late-in-Life Lesbian Friend, Was the Best Jewish Mother a Baby Dyke Could Have
