Mrs. Anderson is known as the first black transgender person to fight for her right to marriage in court in 1945. She and her husband were convicted of fraud and sent to prison because they signed a marriage license to be legally married, and she…
To Mapuche shamans, or machi, the foye tree is important for its medicinal qualities and hermaphroditic flowers, which reflect the gender-shifting components of machi healing practices. Framed by their cultural constructions of gender and identity,…