The third of our features.
Ashten did an incredible job sharing the story of Frances Thompson - a woman whose courage helped move the United States toward the 14th Amendment. We need to learn her name.
Ashten did an incredible job sharing the story of Frances Thompson - a woman whose courage helped move the United States toward the 14th Amendment. We need to learn her name.
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🏳️⚧️ "Frances Thompson was one of the first trans women to testify in front of the US Supreme Court."
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-trans-womans-supreme-court-testimony-that-helped-change-civil-rights-for-all-black-americans/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-trans-womans-supreme-court-testimony-that-helped-change-civil-rights-for-all-black-americans/
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What I take from Frances’ story - and so many others - is this: our rights are interconnected.
Children’s rights, rights of disabled, and women -especially lesbian women and women of the global majority who do not meet narrow western ideas of femininity are all affected.