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author of the Gender Variance Who's Who
Another example of a cis woman's original (dead?) name being kept hidden. Stevenson was not married to anyone called Biden.
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Jill Bidenâs ex-husband charged with murder in death of his current wife | CNN
The ex-husband of former first lady Dr. Jill Biden has been indicted on a murder charge in the death of his current wife, authorities said Tuesday.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/us/jill-biden-ex-husband-charged-murder
6 days ago
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Trans women working for the city in Hyderabad
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Now, we belong: Uniform opens doors to acceptance for transgenders in Hyderabad | Hyderabad News - The Times of India
Hyderabad: From seeking alms at traffic signals to manning traffic at the same intersections, life has come a full circle for Swathi, Bhanupriya and T.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/now-we-belong-uniform-opens-doors-to-acceptance-for-transgenders-in-hyderabad/articleshow/127568734.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
12 days ago
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The situation for trans women in Pakistan. "55 killings in Sindh province between 2022 and September 2025, including 17 in Karachi".
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âShe narrowly escaped three bulletsâ: Pakistanâs trans community shaken by attacks and killings
A wave of violence has left transgender people afraid to go out, as experts say the global rise of far-right ideology is fuelling transphobia
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/27/pakistan-transgender-attacks-killings
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35+ US trans asylum seekers in the Netherlands.
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âI was afraid for my lifeâ: the transgender refugees fleeing Trumpâs America
Fear, abuse and eroding rights for trans people have created a hostile environment in the US â can they claim asylum in the Netherlands?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/19/i-was-afraid-for-my-life-the-transgender-refugees-fleeing-trumps-america
22 days ago
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Hugo Chavez reduced extreme poverty by over 70%, ...halved unemployment, quadrupled the number receiving a state pension and achieved 100% literacy. Chavez took Venezuela from the most unequal society for wealth distribution in Latin America to the most equal.
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Venezuela and Truth - Craig Murray
The mainstream media covered Venezuela non-stop yesterday. They many times mentioned Delcy RodrĂguez, Vice President, because Trump stated she is now in charge. They never mentioned that 2026 marks th...
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2026/01/venezuela-and-truth/
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Greg Palast on Venezuela:
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When Venezuela's President Delcy Rodriguez banged on my door at 2AM
It was 2002 when Delcy Rodriguez, sworn in today as President of Venezuela, came to my apartment in London well after midnight to tell me, a BBC television reporter, that the US was planning to kidnap...
https://www.gregpalast.com/when-venezuelas-president-delcy-rodriguez-banged-on-my-door-at-2am/
about 1 month ago
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A scurrilous and distorting posting that draws upon my work to reach a conclusion that I certainly do not agree with. It misrepresents and distorts trans history as "undigested misogyny, entitlement and an enduring susceptibility to distinctly bizarre ideas".
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Thread by @TwisterFilm on Thread Reader App
Thread by @TwisterFilm: 1./ What's the truth about the rise of the modern trans movement? Behind the largely fictional official tale there's a stranger, more interesting reality. There's a glimpse of ...
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1480382480595230721.html
about 2 months ago
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I was sufficiently annoyed by Martin's book that I reviewed it.
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A review of James I. Martinâs Sexual and Gender Minority History: A Counter-Narrative. Oxford University Press, 2025.
This is a LGBT+ history book. However I will be reviewing mainly the trans elements. Despite the title, this book is a history of LGBT in t...
https://zagria.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-review-of-james-i-martins-sexual-and.html
about 2 months ago
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Academia says that my close reading of Benjamin's The Transsexual Phenomenon in in their top 2%. Yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tra...
does not even mention me or the issues that I documented within the book.
zagria.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-re...
2 months ago
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A reminder of the various bibliographies that I have published, including a yearly round-up of books for each year all the way back to 2007 and up to 2025.
zagria.blogspot.com/p/bibliograp...
2 months ago
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In 2009 I discussed Hermann Goring amd concluded that he was not trans, but a homovestite. 16 years later historian Mark Felton has arrived at the same conclusion.
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Was Hermann Göring a transvestite?
This article is about the Generalfeldmarschall of the Luftwaffe, who ranked second only to Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany. Those interested ...
https://zagria.blogspot.com/2009/01/was-hermann-goring-transvestite.html
2 months ago
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Interviews with two survivors, one gay, one trans, of NHS electroshock therapy 2065-73.
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LGBT survivors tell of 'barbaric' NHS electric shock therapy
More than 250 people were subjected to painful electric shocks in NHS hospitals, the BBC discovers.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g6348qegxo
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Part one of my annual list of books re gender variance is now posted.
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Books on Gender Variance in 2025 - Part 1: (auto) biographies and histories
AutoBiography Jean-Sebastien Busque. Gender Bilingual: Translating Life for Men and Women . Editions RESONANCE Publisher, 2025. Edward-Jea...
https://zagria.blogspot.com/2025/12/books-on-gender-variance-in-2025-part-1.html
2 months ago
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Was Jae Stevens, a performer, actually murdered by the Doodler?
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Jae Stevens (1947-1974) performer, murdered
Stevens was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but raised in Concord in the East Bay across from San Francisco. He came out as gay when he was call...
https://zagria.blogspot.com/2025/11/jae-stevens-1947-1974-performer-murdered.html
2 months ago
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Best not to commit fraud when cross-dressing for the first time.
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Unemployed son, 56, 'dressed as his late mother to claim her pension'
The 56-year-old man, an unemployed nurse, reportedly managed to claim thousands of euros before his act was exposed. He had also allegedly hidden the dead body of his mother.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15322429/Unemployed-son-56-dressed-late-mother-claim-pension-body-hidden-home.html
3 months ago
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Have not been to
TransasCity.org
for a while. Attempted today. It is not there anymore. A serious loss.
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Account Suspended
https://TransasCity.org
3 months ago
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Marie-Pierre Pruvot (Bambi), author, school teacher, star at La Carrousel, is 90 years old today - born 11/11/1935.
3 months ago
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Travelling on a male passport! Amy Coleman re Marsha P Johnson returning from London in the 70s where she had been performing with the Hot Peaches.
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3 months ago
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3 months ago
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Every now and then, I feel that maybe I would join
Medium.com
. Supposedly they send a 6-digit code for confirmation, but it never, ever, ever arrives. !!!! So that is the end of that.
4 months ago
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I tried out the meta search engine Searxng by doing an ego search. It finds images from my site, but no articles from there or from
Academia.edu
except for my Virginia Prince article. Only that one.
4 months ago
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Was Francois-Timoléon de Choisy (1644 - 1724) a cross-dreamer who never transvested in public, or a flamboyant who enjoyed being read?
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Francois-Timoléon de Choisy (1644 - 1724), Part 1: Abbé, diplomat, author, cross-dreamer
Part 1: Life, and the 1695 short-story Part 2: discussion and bibliography François-Timoléon was born in August 1644, a week after the Batt...
https://zagria.blogspot.com/2025/10/francois-timoleon-de-choisy-1644-1724.html
4 months ago
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Jennie June writing as Mowry Saben; The Spirit of Life, 1914:
4 months ago
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Good article by Eli Erlick in the August G&LR, but why did she have to calumniate Violette Morris?
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Making Sense of the Trans Right - The Gay & Lesbian Review
https://glreview.org/article/making-sense-of-the-trans-right/
4 months ago
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Poundbury, Dorset, a new town designed by the Charles Windsor. "bus services were so minimal" ... "no public seats, litter bins, or public loos". A nepo-baby with servants for his slightest whim cannot be expected to understand the needs of ordinary people.
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The reality of life in the Royal town used as model for Labour growth
Perched on an unassuming hill in Dorset, hemmed in on all sides by congested main roads, rolling green fields and huge building sites - sits the small town of Poundbury - the future?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15158903/shops-streets-King-Charles-Disney-homes-Labours.html
4 months ago
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Zack Polanski, UK Green party leader, on Manchester synagogue killings and anti-genocide marches:
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âI donât call on anyone to stop protestingâ: Polanski on pro-Palestine marches
We spoke to the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Zack Polanski, who has been addressing his party's annual conference in Bournemouth.
https://www.channel4.com/news/i-dont-call-on-anyone-to-stop-protesting-polanski-on-pro-palestine-marches
4 months ago
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A strange book called Strange Lives, 1933. Dr La Forest Potter describes queer New York, but misunderstands so much.
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La Forest Potter (1855-1951), an early 1930s witness to queer New York
La Forest Potter. Strange Loves: A Study in Sexual Abnormalities . Robert Dodsley Company/ National Library Press, 1933. Trigger warning:...
https://zagria.blogspot.com/2025/09/la-forest-potter-1855-1951-early-1930s.html
5 months ago
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Article re Disney's reversals and removal of mentions that a character is gay or trans.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
5 months ago
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I supported of the UK Liberal Party from the 1960s, but have not forgiven the betrayal Coalition with Cameron. However:
www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/22/l...
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Lib Dems reject bid to prevent trans women standing in roles reserved for women
Liberal Democrat members at the party's annual conference have rejected a bid to bar trans women from standing in roles reserved for women.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/22/lib-dems-conference-trans-diversity-quotas/
5 months ago
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Re the new World Athletics sex testing for women. Pink News, 23.9.25.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/23/w...
5 months ago
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Who is Graham Linehan, a man who sacrificed his career for the sacred (irony) cause of transphobia?
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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How Graham Linehanâs gender activism led to career armageddon
What began as a nasty Twitter spat seven years ago has led to a peculiar metamorphosis for the comedy writer
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/sep/03/how-graham-linehan-gender-activism-led-to-comedian-career-and-personal-armageddon
5 months ago
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Rudy Giuliani, KBE, one-time drag performer gets a medal from his stage partner.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/p...
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Trump announces he will award Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will award former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/politics/rudy-giuliani-trump-presidential-medal-of-freedom
5 months ago
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The Sophia Brooks case aginst transphobe Graham Linehan is currently in court.
www.primetimer.com/news/who-is-...
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Who is Sophia Brooks? Graham Linehan pled not guilty to harassing transgender woman months before arrest over tweets
Graham Linehan was previously accused of harassing Sophia Brooks, a transgender rights activist
https://www.primetimer.com/news/who-is-sophia-brooks-graham-linehan-pled-not-guilty-to-harassing-transgender-woman-months-before-arrest-over-tweets
5 months ago
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Trans comedian wins at Edinburgh Fringe.
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Trans woman scoops award for Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Fringe
The show Baby Doomer explores life as a trans woman and won the Taffner Family best comedy show prize at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15027853/Trans-woman-scoops-award-Best-Comedy-Edinburgh-Fringe.html
6 months ago
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The client kings appease the over-king. Craig Murray: "I am not sure there has been a sight in modern history equivalent to the way Europeâs 'leaders' were pictured in the White House."
www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
6 months ago
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Farage advisor suggests that UK take back Canada, Australia, South Africa as colonies.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Farage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought in WW2
Exclusive: Jack Anderton says UK may âregainâ former colonies in future and suggests end to support for Ukraine
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/16/nigel-farage-adviser-uk-would-be-better-off-if-it-had-not-fought-nazi-germany
6 months ago
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A reminder of the various bibliographies that I have published, including a yearly round-up of books for each year all the way back to 2007.
zagria.blogspot.com/p/bibliograp...
6 months ago
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M J Bassett, who is incidentally trans, has directed 24 films and TV episodes. Her latest is a remake of Red Sonja.
www.imdb.com/name/nm10681...
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M.J. Bassett | Director, Producer, Writer
Known for: Solomon Kane, Ash vs Evil Dead, Power
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1068186/?ref_=nmtrv_ov_bk
6 months ago
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Yet more cis women being challenged in toilets etc.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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âIâve been spat onâ: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse after UKâs supreme court ruling
Support groups report that women and non-binary people are increasingly being challenged in toilets and changing facilities â but others call it scaremongering
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/12/ive-been-spat-on-gender-non-conforming-women-tell-of-toilet-abuse-in-aftermath-of-supreme-court-ruling
6 months ago
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So many known trans patients of Magnus Hirschfeld not even mentioned in recent books.
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Three recent books about Magnus Hirschfeld
There have been three recent books about Magnus Hirschfeld and the Institut fĂŒr Sexualwissenschaft:  Rainer Herrn's  Der Liebe und dem L...
https://zagria.blogspot.com/2025/08/three-recent-books-about-magnus.html
6 months ago
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Article in The Mail on the 1929 murder scandal in Tiszazug, Hungary, does not even mention trans man PipĂĄs Pista!
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The village of wives who killed their husbands after years of abuse
From 1911 to 1929, dozens of women across Nagyrev and the Tiszazug region turned to homemade arsenic poison to get rid of husbands, parents, lovers, and even children.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14975707/The-village-wives-killed-HUNDREDS-husbands-years-horrific-beatings-abuse-one-woman-led-terrifying-murderous-spate-revenge.html
6 months ago
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The drive to remove all gay+trans, critical thinking, alternate opinions etc from the internet. Especially anonymity.
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The UK's Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship â and the rest of the world is following suit | Taylor Lorenz
From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/09/uk-online-safety-act-internet-censorship-world-following-suit
6 months ago
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Seppel Einsmann was 12 years a man before being compelled back to womanhood. Ignored in most German trans histories.
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Seppel Einsmann (1885 â 1959) factory worker
Seppel was born Maria Mayer, the eldest child of a factory worker and a housewife, in Bruchsal , 20 km from Karlsruhe  in the state of Ba...
https://zagria.blogspot.com/2025/08/seppel-einsmann-1885-1959-factory-worker.html
6 months ago
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I have much expanded my 15-year-old article on Finocchio's. Now in 2 parts.
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Finocchioâs â a nightclub: Part I: the early years
Original version , January 2010. Part I: the early years Part II: post WWIIÂ Part I: the early years Joe Finocchio (1897 - 1986) was bor...
https://zagria.blogspot.com/2010/01/finocchios-nightclub.html
7 months ago
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This week I've watched 2 streaming programs, Extreme Railway Journeys and Good Ship Muder, that visited Casablanca, and neither even mentioned its world pioneering sex-change clinic.
7 months ago
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Roberta Betty Cowell was not a positive role model.
7 months ago
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Given that corporations and governments have decided to accelerate the process.
www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...
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âItâs too lateâ: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics
"We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've go...
https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/
7 months ago
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Perhaps the first trans winner of a sporting event, later removed from the record. Violet Morris, before top surgery, did win the motor racing Bol d'or in 1927 against male opponents.
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hides this and says 'Lempereur' instead.
7 months ago
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Rainer Herrn. Schnittmuster des Geschlechts: Tranvestitismus and Transsexualitat in der fruhen Sexualwissenscaft. 2005 is now 20 years old. This is an essential text for anyone writing about Hirschfeld's trans patients. Why is there no English translation published.
7 months ago
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Buzz Feed published a list of trans persons, mainly the usual suspects. Here is what I think is more interesting list.
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15 other persons worthy of more attention
Buzz feed a few days ago ran a list of 19 trans persons who had achieved something in life. I have two problems with it. It is a list o...
https://zagria.blogspot.com/2025/06/15-other-persons-worthy-of-more.html
7 months ago
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