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Trans Talk November 2017: A Living Legend

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On this month’s Trans Talk Edition of the Tenth Voice we’re going to have a special interview with a woman who is part of living transgender history. You’ve heard all about the issue of transgender troops in the military, well our guest, Joanna Clark, is the grandmother of that issue. After a long career in the Navy she was ousted from the service in the 70’s and then enlisted in the Army as an openly transgender woman in 1976. She was discharged again and took on the military, suing and winning in court. She went on to fight for transgender rights in the 70’s and 80’s, being instrumental in the fight to change gender markers on birth certificates and drivers licenses in California. She then started and ran the AEGIS online bulletin board, which became the largest HIV/AIDS information database in the world, for which she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Item Information:

Identifier
7s75dc72t
Collection
Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution
Transas City
Creator(s)
Clark, Joanna
Nowling, Una
Publisher
90.1 KKFI Kansas CIty Community Radio
The Tenth Voice (LBGT)
Date Issued
Nov. 24, 2017
Dates Covered
1970s
Genre
Sound Recordings
Subject(s)
American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS)
Joanna Clark
Topic(s)
Army
Courts
Interviews
Military
MtFs
Navy
Transgender people
Transphobia
Transsexual people
Resource Type
Audio
Digital Format
Duration: 46:20 -- 42.4 MB
Language
English
Related URL
http://transascity.org/joanna-clark-warrior-woman/
Rights
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