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fireleaptfromhousetohouse:

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bemusedlybespectacled:

elierlick:

Rare photos from trans history: Olympic runner and Zden\u011bk Koubek styles Cinda Glenn\u2019s hair, 1936. Koubek was one of the first trans men to gain international fame after he transitioned in 1935.

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this is inspiring weirdly complex emotions in me. like, it\u2019s the fucking 1930s. I can hear the mid-atlantic newsreel voice. the fact that it plays coy with why he knows so much about women\u2019s hairstyles, but like, as a funny surprise, not as shock and horror. the fact that it never deadnames him or uses incorrect pronouns. the fact that he looks like Mickey Rooney. idk it\u2019s just making me feel feelings.

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Got to love the casual acceptance of trans people combined with the wonderfully\u00a0\u201830s phrase\u00a0\u2018foremost girl athlete\u2019

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The ‘50s were a backlash to something, what had you thought they were a backlash to?

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