This is the blog for History 128, U.S. Gay and Lesbian History, Claremont McKenna College, spring 2017. It is open only to members of the class. Please post items relevant to the themes of our course, and please comment on other posts as well. Check back regularly for updates!
Thursday, March 23, 2017
More info on incident of radical feminist attack on Beth Elliot
Chapter 6 of Queer America briefly mentions that in 1973 "transsexual lesbian Beth Elliot was expelled from the West Coast Women's Conference" as part of "conflicts between lesbian feminists and trans people" (an extremely mild way of referring to the vicious transphobia of that strain of radical feminism). Here's a link that goes into much greater detail about that event; I recommend giving it a read if you can stomach it. Content warning for extreme and violent transphobia/transmisogyny and misgendering.
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