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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 1d

TRANS ACTIVISTS: 1970

In 1970, in response to transgender people being excluded from other gay organizations, Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson and others formed the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.).

They fought for us then. Never forget as we continue the fight today!

Photo of the 1970 Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.)

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 9d

WTF, RYAN MURPHY?

Have you seen the current Netflix limited series, "Monster: The Ed Gein Story"?

If you're trans like me, producer Ryan Murphy and friends have put our lives at risk.

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 15d

Wonderful! Thank you again!

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 16d

Below is a two-page layout from the July 24, 1972, issue of GAY.

Note the photo at the bottom left corner of the second page. That features Lee Brewster, founder of the Queens Liberation Front, an early CD/transgender advocate organization. I’ll be writing more about her in an upcoming post.

Two-page layout from the July 24, 1972, issue GAY newspaper. Bottom left corner of second page features Lee Brewster, founder of Queens Liberation Front, and early CD/Transgender advocate organization.

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you for these! Great information!

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 17d

NOT ABOUT TRANS PEOPLE, BUT SCARY

A new "actor" named Tilly Norwood has arrived. "She" is totally AI-created and is looking for acting jobs.

In a time when trans people have a hard time finding work as actors, now they have yet another thing to compete against.

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tillynorwood on Instagram: "Can’t believe it… my first ever role is live! I star in AI Commissioner, a new comedy sketch that playfully explores the future of …"

Can’t believe it… my first ever role is live! I star in AI Commissioner, a new comedy sketch that playfully explores the future of TV development produced by the brilliant team at @particle6productions.I may be AI, but I’m feeling very real emotions right now. I am so excited for what’s coming next!https://www.tillynorwood.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/tilly-norwood-15a443376/#TillyNorwood #AICommissioner #AIActress #AIAvatar #ActingDebut #DigitalPerformer #AIMedia #ComedySketch #AIEntertainment #AITVProduction #AIProductionView all 1,011 comments

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you, TR!

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 18d

HELP GROW MY SUBSTACK!

I am on a drive to help grow the reach of my substack.

Please read that attached post and then go to my substack and sign up for a subscription. It is totally FREE!

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Anni Arbour's "Trans Ascending" substack photo

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 19d

"MY SISTER, MY HEART, OUR LUX"

I've been critical of our supposed "trans allies," whose have gone silent in these trying times. But there is at least one ally whose devotion to this transgender sister has been steadfast and very public.

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"My Sister, My Heart, Our Lux"

The beautiful life-affiming sibling love of Lux and Pedro Pascal

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 20d

TRANS COMIC STRIP, 1962

Even in the 1960s, most Americans lumped crossdressers and trans people into the same category.

They also found someone identifying as another gender to be funny.

Read who helped draw this strip. It may surprise some web-slinger's comic fans.

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Anni Arbour (@anniarbour)

Trans in the comics, circa 1962. Although C’hristine Jorgensen had come out as transgender a decade earlier, by the 1960s, most Americans still lumped them and crossdressers into the same category. ...

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 21d

SWITCHED-ON CARLOS

Back in 1979, a world-famous musician stunned everyone when she granted an interview to PLAYBOY magazine revealing she was transgender.

Check out Wendy Carlos's amazing life story in the latest Substack post:

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Switched-On Carlos

The trans icon who introduced electronic music to the world

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 22d

Mott the Hoople would approve!

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 22d

10,000 FOLLOWERS!

Wowsers!

Thank you all for hitting that little Follow button and making me the happiest trans woman in the world!

I love you all!

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 22d

WHEN ORLANDO'S EGG CRACKED

Long before most people even knew that transgender people existed, Virginia Woolf wrote a novel whose protagonist was trans.

That book was ORLANDO: A BIOGRAPHY (1928), and you can read about it in this FREE Substack post.

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When Orlando's Egg Cracked

The transition of Virginia Woolf's transgender character

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 24d

REVIEWING "GLEN OR GLENDA"

And here is my detailed review of "Glen Or Glenda."

It's lonnnnng, so set aside some time if you care to read it.

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Reviewing "Glen or Glenda"

An modern analysis of Ed Wood's grindhouse classic

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 24d

REDEEMING "GLEN OR GLENDA"

It's time this trans cult classic got a fair analysis from a trans person. So I gave it one.

It runs in two parts on Substack. Here is the first part:

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The second part will be in my next post.

Redeeming "Glen or Glenda"

A serious look at Ed Wood's classic grindhouse film

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 25d

WHO CARES ABOUT THE TRANS COMMUNITY?

Good for Jimmy Kimmel.

But who signs open letters of support and organizes boycotts on behalf of the transgender community?

I'm pissed and I won't take it anymore.

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From the MI_transgender_friend community on Reddit

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 26d

WANNA BE A COMIC BOOK CREATOR?

Lifeline Comics is a queer-owned publisher of queer-oriented comic books.

They have announced a new comic book and they are seeking submissions from artists and writers.

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From the MI_transgender_friend community on Reddit: Wanna Be A Comic Book Creator?

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · 28d

Trans Unity Coalition PSA to the Trans Community

Trans Unity Coalition is Michigan-based, but it has expanded its organizing operations to all 50 states.

I highly recommend you reaching out to them to see how you can help locally.

transunitycoalition.org/get-involved/

Trans Unity Coalition recruitment message

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · Sep 16

WE GET THE BLAME

I wrote this post for the Michigan transgender community, but every state has trans advocacy groups. Please contact them and find out how you can help fight the onslaught of blame and prejudice we are suffering.

www.reddit.com/r/MI_transge...

Michigan House Bill 4938, targeting the transgender community

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · Sep 11

Sigh. I'm sorry, but I can't find humor in any person's death. I'm seen too much of it in my life.

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · Sep 11

I'm HOPING that a t-shirt with such a logo would be worn by a right-winger and not a trans person. Of course, it's no guarantee.

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · Sep 11

Amen, TUC! Violence is never the answer. Solutions are.

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · Sep 11

How can you be in two places at once if you're not anywhere at all?

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𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲 𝓐𝓻𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓻🏳️‍⚧️ @anniarbour.bsky.social · Sep 11

HATE BEGATS HATE

You saw what happened to Charlie Kirk yesterday and you feel you just have to comment on it.

If you're transgender like me, you may want to think about it before you do.

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From the MI_transgender_friend community on Reddit: Hate Begats Hate

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