#lgbthistorymonth
The Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA) Archives and Periodicals Collection provide rich insight into feminist and lesbian activism from the 1970s to the early 1990s, particularly in the American Southeast. The Rubenstein Library holds ALFA’s organizational records as well as the hundreds of grassroots newsletters and journals they collected from other lesbian, feminist, and activist groups. Shown here is Atalanta, ALFA’s own self-produced monthly newsletter. #lgbtqhistorymonth #lgbthistorymonth #lgbthistory #lgbtqhistory #rubensteinlib #iglibraries #librariesofinstagram (at David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
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Binding in the *1950s*
Jim McHarris was a trans man who was born in Mississippi in 1924. He transitioned in his early teens and traveled around the country taking various jobs: short order cook, cab driver, gas station attendant, auto mechanic, shipyard worker, and preacher. He eventually returned to Mississippi and settled in Kosciusko.
In 1954, he was pulled over and arrested. During the pat-down, he revealed his birth sex to the officers but they didn’t believe him, so McHarris was forced to strip naked in front of a judge and the police. He served 30 days at a prison farm. Although McHarris dressed in men’s clothes he was housed with female prisoners. After his release, he was shunned by the community and left Kosciusko, continuing to live as a man.
His story was unearthed in a 1954 issue of Ebony magazine in which Jim is quoted as having said, “I ain’t done nothing wrong and I ain’t breaking no laws.”
Source: A Brief History of FTM Trans Civilization
https://transguys.com/features/ftm-trans-history
Photo from Hue magazine archives.
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With so much tragedy happening in the world and this election. I just want to celebrate #AltheaGarrison, her birthday was yesterday. In 1992 she became the first openly black trans elected official in America. Happy #LGBTHistoryMonth #BlackTransLivesMatter #TransIsBeautiful #FolksLikeUs #ASeatAtTheTable #GetInToThatBang
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