In this episode of Naked Age we meet Marie Willa Bobo-Smith, a transgender nudist whose top free activism and public nudism make her make her a trailblazer for trans visibility. Plus, we explore intersections between nudist and trans history and look at the history of single men policies in nudist clubs.
(This episode was originally published on March 30, 2022)
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Links to Marie WillaMarie Willa on Twitter https://twitter.com/Marie_W_B_SmithMarie Willa on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@misswillaMarie Willa on Checkin https://checkin.coach/marie-willaMarie Willa on MeWe https://mewe.com/i/moebobo-smith
Resources for supporting transgender rightsNational Center for Transgender Equality https://transequality.org/The Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org/GLAAD https://www.glaad.org/Trans Lifeline https://translifeline.org/Human Rights Campaign https://www.hrc.org/What You Need To Know About The Equality Act https://www.americanprogress.org/article/need-know-equality-act/H.R.5 - Equality Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5
Credits
ClipsDiary of a Nudist (1961)
“Discrimination Against Single Nudists”; Letter to the editor by Rudolph Johnson; Sunshine & Health; Mar. 1947. Excerpt voiced by Timothy Branson, 2022.
“NC Lawmakers May Repeal Transgender Bathroom Law”; AP News; Youtube, Dec 21, 2016. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=987zoHeH-XM]
Research Resourceshttps://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Roth-4358
https://zagria.blogspot.com/search?q=zelda+suplee#.Yga0x-7MLaU
https://mendovoice.com/2021/06/coast-activist-march-for-topless-equality-in-fort-bragg/
https://medium.com/empowered-trans-woman/trans-folks-the-road-less-traveled-979dbb9bfb3d
https://www.wpath.org/about/history/international-symposia
“Transgender History” by Susan Stryker
“Beyond the Gender Binary” by Alok Vaid-Menon
“Going to Trinidad” by Martin J. Smith
MusicThe Get Away by Mr. Smith, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/mr-smith/studio-city/the-get-away
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