Read about Frances Thompson, a Black, transgender woman whose testimony before Congress helped push them to ratify the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. This is the history that has been whitewashed - and straightwashed - in the US and that is once again in danger of being forgotten.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/us/frances-thompson-transgender-memphis-massacre/index.html

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