6. Lucy Hicks Anderson and Gladys Bentley

Special Lady Day

On this episode of Special Lady Day, Caitlin and Jessica delve into the lives of LGBTQIA rights pioneers Lucy Hicks Anderson and Gladys Bentley. If you'd like to learn more, check out the links below.

• http://www.wevebeenaround.com/ - Created by Rhys Ernst (co-producer of Amazon's hit Transparent) and produced by Christine Beebe. We've Been Around is a series of documentary shorts that chronicle the lives of trans trailblazers.
• https://www.queerportraits.com/
• https://www.spectrumsouth.com/ is a Texas-based online magazine focused on queer southern identity and culture
• https://www.blackpast.org/ is an online reference center makes available a wealth of materials on African American history in one central location on the Internet. The website brings the resources of African American history into every classroom in the world. It also makes every computer, regardless of its location, a classroom in African American history.
• https://legacyprojectchicago.org/ The award-winning Legacy Project is a Chicago-based cultural and educational non-profit dedicated to researching and promoting the contributions Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) people have made to world history and culture. It is driven by a core of historians, biographers, educators, youth advocates, social activists, and community and business leaders who share a commitment to ending the redaction of LGBTQ contributions from shared human history.

“A Beginner’s Guide to Being an Ally to Trans People” by Ted Ravago: https://www.glaad.org/amp/beginners-guide-being-ally-to-trans-people

Here are places that support the trans community you can volunteer with or donate to

• https://transequality.org/
• https://srlp.org/
• https://www.genderspectrum.org/