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2023-03-16 22:11 UTC
The 80s and 90s coverage (or lack thereof) is an interesting pivot point.
For most transgender people at that time, they had been advised by their doctors and psychiatrists not to tell anybody that they were transgender. That was the standard then.
But I am starting to think that this practice directly resulted in transgender status becoming a secret that nobody wanted to get out. Which in turn made it perceived as shameful and made trans people targets.
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@miriamrobern@dice.camp 2023-03-16 22:16
1998 Rita Hester is killed in her apartment. There's no news coverage, but the anniversary of her death became the Transgender Day of Remembrance.