Trans History Timeline by Black Transcendence

December 14, 2017

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Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were instructed not to use the words “transgender,” “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “fetus,” “evidence-based,” and “science-based” in official documents.

July-Aug 2017

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President Trump announces via Twitter, that "the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military." & releases a memo directing Defense Department to move forward with developing a plan to discharge transgender military service members and to maintain a ban on recruitment.

2016 Donald Trump is elected & begins to roll back decades of Black, POC & LGBTQ+ protective policies

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1985

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Pauli Murray dies (1910-1985). Their memoir is posthumously published in 1987

1977

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Combahee River Collective publishes the Combahee River Collective Statement | Pauli Murray Pauli becomes an ordained priest.

April 1977

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The Combahee River Collective publishes the 4-part Combahee River Collective Statement.

Aug 1966 - Compton Cafeteria Riots

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The Compton’s Cafeteria riot, marks the beginning of transgender activism in San Francisco and was the first known incident of collective militant queer resistance to police harassment in U.S. history.

In the 50's and 60's police officers were known to mistreat transgender people; one of these known officers attempted to arrest one of the trans women at the restaurant. She threw her coffee in his face and the cafeteria "erupted.” Dishes and furniture were thrown, and the restaurant's plate-glass windows were smashed. Patrons force police out of the establishment

1910 - Pauli Murray is born in North Carolina

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1940 - Pauli Murray is arrested for refusing to move on a bus in Virginia.

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2013-2015 Trayvon in FL, Mike Brown in MO, Freddie Grey in MD + others publicly killed: [Ferguson] Uprisings launch a new era

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Robert Rayford, First suspected AIDS patient dies May 15, 1969 (aged 16) of HIV

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The Harlem Renaissance 1919-1935

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Many of the movement’s leaders were openly gay or identified as having nuanced sexualities including Angelina Weld Grimké, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Wallace Thurman, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Alain Locke, and Richard Bruce Nugent among others. The movement offered a new language that challenged social structures and demonstrated the ways that race, gender, sex and sexuality distinctions were actually intersecting, fluid and constantly evolving.

1955 - 1968 Civil Rights Movement & Anti-War Protests activate the nation & world

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Red Summer of 1919 [26+ cities]

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It’s impossible to say exactly how many people were killed or injured in the race riots and lynchings of the Red Summer of 1919—official records for some incidents were poor or never documented. We know that hundreds of people lost their lives, thousands were injured and many more were forced to flee their homes. The Red Summer saw Black populations fight back aggressively against racial violence and intimidation in ways that were not typical before; it did not intimidate African Americans into submission, as their tormentors had hoped. Instead, African Americans emerged from the violence of that bloody year with a greater sense of shared purpose, identity and pride, which served as a vital foundation for the civil rights movement to come.

1991 - Paris is Burning (film) released

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1970 - STAR founded by Marsha P Johnson & Sylvia Rivera

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Sylvia Rivera & Marsha P. Johnson saw that the needs of street & transgender youth were not being taken seriously by other early gay groups. They founded STAR: Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries to fill the gap.

1642 - Early queer policing

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In Essex County, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Johnson is fined and whipped for "unseemly practices with another maid attempting to do that which man and woman do."

1755 - First lesbian autobiography

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The first lesbian and transgender person in modern times, Charlotte Clark, publishes an autobiography. She is a flamboyant, cross-dressing actress who writes about her relationship with her wife, Mrs. Brown.

1866 Frances Thompson #MeToo

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Frances Thompson was a formerly enslaved black transgender woman and anti-rape activist who was one of the five black women to testify before a congressional committee that investigated the Memphis Riots of 1866. She is believed to be the first transgender woman to testify before the United States Congress. Thompson and a housemate, Lucy Smith, were attacked by a white mob and were among many freedwomen who were raped during the riots.^[1] In 1876, Thompson was arrested for "being a man dressed in women's clothing".^[2]

June 15, 2020

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Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), is a landmark ^[1] United States Supreme Court civil rights decision in which the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because of sexuality or gender identity.

fatima jamal introduces her film "no fats, no fems" to the world. don't have exact date: 2013-2015?

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1971

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Attica Prison Uprising becomes the most deadly prison uprising in the history of the U.S.

William Dorsey Swann Born March 1860

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William Dorsey Swann (March 1860 – c. December 23, 1925) ; African-American born into slavery, was the first person in the United States to lead a queer resistance group and the first known person to self-identify as a "queen of drag"

Queering Herbalism by Toi Scott published (2010)

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brandi wharton creates the magical fat black femmes group on facebook creating a space for hundreds of fat black folks globally to crowd-source sex/pleasure education, medical advice, world-navigation/survival tools, resources and education. (2015)

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2017 Yance Ford's Oscar Nomination for Strong Island doc

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The forces of family, grief and racial injustice converge in this Oscar-nominated documentary exploring the murder of filmmaker Yance Ford's brother.

2005

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The Aggressives(2005) Documentary

Back that Ass Up (1998)

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AIDS Memorial Quilt (1985)

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Disclosure Doc on NetFlix 2020

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In this documentary, leading trans creatives and thinkers share heartfelt perspectives and analysis about Hollywood's impact on the trans community.

2020 4 Black Queer Women Organize Largest STL Protest Against Police Brutality

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2018

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Ezili's Mirrors Imagining Black Queer Genders (book)

creation and ongoing evolution of African Diasporic Spiritual Traditions (e.g. Haitian Vodou, Hoodoo), with worldviews and roles that transcend Western conceptions of biological sex/gender/separation between humans and "nature"/etc. (16th century + )

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2013 - sharon bridgforth "Dat Black Mermaid Man Lady" stage premiere

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dat black mermaid man lady (performance)

Gay Liberation Movement (1970)

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African Traditional / Indigenous Spiritual Systems with worldviews and roles that transcend Western conceptions of biological sex/gender/separation between humans and "nature"/etc. (since beginning of time + )

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1980s The Carter-Johnson Leather library was founded by two black lesbian leatherwomen

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2011 - Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell

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Spring 2011 - Carter Brown Creates the Black Trans Advocacy Conference

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Only Conference of its kind that sustained after many pre dating attempts

1969

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Stonewall Rebellion

2018 Debut of POSE series

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Pose (tv)

2015-2017 #Ferguson2Palestine emergence: Black 4 Palestine Delegations with the Dream Defenders, BLM/M4BL, Interfaith Peace Builders

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2015: LaVerne Cox first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category

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1945 - Lucy Hicks Anderson trial

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During the her trial for perjury, she stated "I defy any doctor in the world to prove that I am not a woman," and "I have lived, dressed, acted just what I am, a woman."However, the court convicted her of perjury on her marriage license and sentenced her to 10 years of probation.

1953 - Executive Order 10450

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This act prevented LGBTQ people from holding government positions

June 2012 - CeCe McDonald case hits national news

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CeCe McDonald (/ˌsiːˈsiː/; born May 26, 1989) is an African American trans woman and LGBTQ activist.^[2]^[3]^[4] She came to national attention in June 2012 for accepting a plea bargain of 41 months for second-degree manslaughter of a man she stabbed after McDonald and her friends were assaulted in Minneapolis outside a bar near closing time.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] The attack, a year prior, was widely seen as racist and transphobic, and became physical when McDonald was struck in the face by the man's friend with "an alcoholic drink" glass causing a bleeding gash that needed stitches.^[9]

1907 - 1960 Gladys Bentley aka Bobbie Bentley

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2003

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The Salt Roads by nalohopkinson

Book

Xmas 2023 The Color Purple arrives at the box office as a Musical

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Niggerati Manor releases first and only issue of FIRE! (1926)

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A dramatization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgUODwKXaBg

1920 - Stormé DeLarverie, a lifelong gay rights activist and drag performer was born (credited for throwing the first punch during the Stonewall Riots in 1969)

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1983

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FDA bans blood donations by MSM and as an extension, trans people with particular anatomy and sexual practices.

2020

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the death of vivek oji akwaeke emezi (book)

Luther Vandross dies (2005)

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Born: April 20, 1951, New York, NY

Died: July 1, 2005 (age 54 years), Edison, NJ

Dr Kortney Ziegler Film Still Black 2008

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Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen is brought to life by the stories of six thoughtful, eloquent and diverse transmen. Preachers, teachers, students and activists educate us simply by making their presence known. Each man brings a colorful and complex richness as he describes his relationship to himself, as well as others in his life — the cadence of his voice keeping in rhythm with how the speaker displays himself to the camera.

Director Kortney Ryan Ziegler lets the subjects’ words and personalities dictate the images and film effects, and the black images on the white background play on the fact that issues concerning gender, race and sexuality are not and cannot be discussed in black and white terms.

2004

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Trans, Gender-Variant, and Intersex Justice Project is founded in San Francisco.

2016

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The Trans List (tv doc)

Haitian Revolution (1791–1804)

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1940 - Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is born.

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Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, often referred to as Miss Major or Major, is a black transgender, genderqueer woman, social activist, and community leader, who participated in the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City. Miss Major has spent more than 40 years of her life working on a variety of causes for marginalized groups including those related to transgender women of color. Her own experiences with incarceration gave her inspiration to advocate for those subjected to heteronormativity and racism within the prison system and living on the streets. A formative experience for her happened while at the Attica State Prison in New York during a four day uprising in September 1971 which inspired her to help other trans women, especially trans women of color, by making sure they were not subjected to the same treatment she endured. She also played a major activist role during the AIDS crisis as a part of a number of HIV/AIDS organizations. This then lead to her serving as one of the first Executive Directors of the Transgender Gender Variant Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP). Recently, Miss Major has relocated to Little Rock, Arkansas to start the Griffin-Gracy Historical Retreat and Educational Center. Affectionately referred to as the House of GG, it was built as a safe house for the transgender community.

2022- Samantha "Miss Cookie Tookie" James Transitions

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Aspiring Funeral Home Director and Internet Sensation dies from complications related to COVID-19

BIRTH

17 Sep 1978

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

DEATH

3 Dec 2022 (aged 44)

Los Angeles County, California, USA

maroonage on Turtle Island and throughout the so-called Americas (16th century + )

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2019 (?)

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Black Trans Liberation Kitchen ( organizing initative in nyc)

2004 Imani Henry + B4T (One man play)

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B4T - Before Testosterone

A Theatre Piece by Imani Henry

B4T is a smart, funny, and moving multi-media theatre piece that explores race, sexuality and gender expression through the lives of three Black, masculine, female-bodied people. Written and performed by Imani Henry | B4T played to sold-out audiences and standing ovations in NYC. B4T has been featured on national television and presented at festivals, conferences and campuses across the country.

Black Girl Dangerous (2014)

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Black Girl Dangerous: On Race, Queerness, Class and Gender created by Mia McKenzie

2012: First Black Trans Lawyer Kylar W. Broadus’ Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee

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Broadus' Testified to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

106 Dirksen Senate Office Building June 12, 2012 10 a.m.

2015-2022: Trans Woman of Color Collective

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2010, Unsung Episode: Sylvester

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2016 - Ash Williams Shuts Hillary Clinton down

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WATCH: 2010, Unsung, Sylvester

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Aug 2005 - Hurricane Katrina hits & reshapes Black life - schools, community, families - in the South/US

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1988-1994 BLK Magazine in Print

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BLK Magazine

BLK was a monthly American newsmagazine, similar in format to Time and The Advocate, which targeted its coverage of people, events and issues to African-American LGBT readers.

Published in Los Angeles, the magazine was initially distributed free to local black establishments frequented by lesbians and gay men, but distribution rapidly expanded to nearly all LGBT venues in Greater Los Angeles. Its early coverage of the local black LGBT scene soon enlarged to a nationwide and international focus, and eventually to national and Canadian distribution.^[1]

Sub-titled "The National Black Lesbian and Gay Newsmagazine", with the motto "where the news is colored on purpose", BLK (always capitalized) took its name from the standard abbreviation used in U.S. personal ads for "black", i.e. a person of sub-Saharan racial descent.^[2]