Every single @playbill at #1776bway now has an educational insert in every program at every performance about non-binary & trans identities. Here’s how we got here: 🧵 1/10
Final tally: According to data from @Ad_Impact, Republicans spent nearly $215 million on network TV ads that paint trans people as a national threat. This figure does not include cable or streaming ads. There are 1.6 million trans people over the age of 13 in the U.S.
My relationship with my fiancée, @ErinInTheMorn, has been a source of unbounded joy, and I am so happy to share the story of how we fell in love in an essay for @TIME
As I say in the essay—and every night—loving Erin is the easiest thing I've ever done.
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Jackie Shane was a Black transgender Tennessean singer active from the 1950s-2010s. She came out as trans at age 13 to a supportive family in 1953. She soon escaped the Jim Crow South for Canada, where her star blossomed. I restored and colorized these photos from her tour.
Just heard an elder lesbian explain how in the 70s lesbians would cruise (!) at Riis beach and the older butches would bring huge shopping bags then take a young femme into the bathroom stall and have her stand IN THE BAG so cops would only see one set of legs in the stall