Eli Erlick traces a lineage from Magnus Hirschfeld’s 1923 diagram, through Harry Benjamin’s 1966 Sex Orientation Scale and Virginia Prince’s 1965 charts, to the transgender umbrella and the many educational graphics of the 1990s and 2010s. Some older models were flawed and hierarchical, but they show that people have long tried to understand gender diversity visually.
“But transmedicalism requires you to stay in negotiation. It requires you to perform your victimhood for an audience that holds the keys to the gates. It requires you to prove that you deserve the rights that should have been yours from the beginning just by virtue of being human.”
The onion has bought Alex Jones’ anti-LGBTQ Infowars property and is now selling merch with a new Inforwars rainbow logo. Them breaks down how the deal happened, what the contract actually says, and why the branding move is raising eyebrows in media circles.
Asked about JK Rowling’s opposition to trans rights, Dugdale said: “I have a huge respect for JK Rowling. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting her before and I think her story and how she came to be this prolific, incredible children’s writer in this city as a single mum writing in a cafe is phenomenal and an inspiration to so many women across the world.
“I think she’s been a really powerful political advocate [for] improving the lot of single mums, making a case for tackling poverty and inequality in all its forms, and there is absolutely a place for her in public life to share her experiences and tell her story and make a difference.”
