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Friends in Unlikely Places: A history of Trans Allyship: (Trans Men Edition)

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  Friends in Unlikely Places: A history of Trans Allyship: (Trans Men Edition) It is an unfortunate assumption that throughout most of trans history, that trans people have been utterly alone in the universe, save for the lucky few who were able to find other trans people at the time they were alive. But it’s completely false that absolutely no cis people were supportive towards historical trans people in their time. Historical trans people and their cis contemporaries are a lot more interconnected than is currently thought and the under-discussed aspects of trans allyship are absolutely present in the records that we have.  The focus here will be on trans people who intended to go stealth, but had one or two people who were aware of their trans status and were supportive of their transness. Other focuses will be on historical trans figures who drew support while people knew of their status. As many names of these allies will be mentioned as possible, though it is not possible...

Dictionaries in Welsh and English: Discrepancy of common Gender and Sexuality terms?

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  Dictionaries in Welsh and English: Discrepancy of common Gender and Sexuality terms? Data volunteered by other Welsh speakers who own bilingual English-Welsh Dictionaries Current data up until the 11th of October 2021  (w)= Welsh Side of the Dictionary (e)= English Side of the Dictionary [if these are known] The Hippocrene Dictionary (1993) has anrhywiol for asexual Geiriadur Newydd notes these terms are unacceptable