Today on Ladies First, Kori, Eli, and Taylor discuss transmasc issues and consider how they intersect with queer women’s community, culture, and history. Here at Ladies First, we support our transmasc brothers and siblings.
Major Transmasc Issues:
- Invisibility
- Hormone aggression myth
- Restrictions on masculinization hormones
- Access to medical care in general
- Erasure by cis lesbian scholars
(Some) Historic Transmasc Figures:
- Dr. Alan L. Hart
- Albert Cashier
- Amelio Robles Ávila
- Ben Rosenstein
- Dr. James Barry
- James McHarris
- Leslie Feinberg
- Willmer “Little Ax” Broadnax
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