Trans voices defiant in wake of Supreme Court ruling: 'We've been around forever'

Trans voices defiant in wake of Supreme Court ruling: 'We've been around forever'

As Trans+ History Week is marked in the wake of the UK's Supreme Court ruling there is a rallying cry: trans people have always been here.

The trans woman's Supreme Court testimony that helped change civil rights for all Black Americans

Frances Thompson was one of the first trans women to testify in front of the US Supreme Court. Her testiomony, was one of a handful of women's that changed civil rights for all Black Americans. Her story reminds us that historic fights for civil rights, led by Trans+ women of colour, have paved the way for all of us. CW: References to racial violence, sexual assault, police brutality and transphobia.As an archivist, I am immersed in stories of t…