Frances Thompson

Frances Thompson

A published speech honoring a black trans woman, Frances Thompson, who was a survivor of the 1866 Memphis Race Riot.

Frances Thompson testified before Congress that she and five other black women were raped by white men who killed many and destroyed so much on that fated day. Ten years later, when someone discovered she was a trans woman, they used that fact to repair the reputation of the white rapist and to discredit Frances Thompson's congressional testimony.

The Holy Presence of Frances Thompson.
Sultana Isham delivered this speech at a press conference at New Orleans City Hall on June 6, 2020. https://sultana-isham69.medium.com/the-holy-presence-of-frances-thompson-bafd47e90a9f

The Pulaski Citizen
Pulaski, Tennessee · Thursday, July 20, 1876

https://zcenter.org/blog/frances-thompson/