The 2014 Independent on Sunday Rainbow List (previously Pink List) of 101 LGBT persons who made a difference is just published.
One of the good things about this list is that most people on have not yet been featured in either GVWW or Wikipedia. I, of course, certainly disagree with who is on the list, who is not and the rankings - but lets put that aside.
2013 list.
Trans persons included:
2 Paris Lees, journalist
13 Kate Stone, scientist. GVWW
18 Rebecca Root, actress
24 James Morton of the Scottish Transgender Alliance
36 Natacha Kennedy, Lecturer, Goldsmiths College, co-chair of Camden LGBT Forum, sits on
LGBT Labour’s national committee and is a founder member of London Trans
Diversity and the Trans Teachers’ Association.
47 Isabella Segal, accountant.
58 Jane Fae, journalist GVWW
65 Jay Stewart, Co-founder of Gendered Intelligence
68 Jess Key, head of UK Trans Info
74 Juliet Jacques, columnist and blogger, blog longlisted for the 2011 Orwell prize. WIKIPEDIA
86 Asif Quaraishi, the UK’s first Muslim drag queen.
87 Juno Roche, primary schoolteacher
89 Cat Burton, British Airways pilot
92 CN Lester, musician, writer, activist.
93 Ayla Holdom, RAF pilot
94 Antonia Belcher, building consultant
96 Sarah Brown, previously Cambridge Councillor. WIKIPEDIA
98 Stephanie Hirst, radio presenter
Supplementary lists.
National Treasures
April Ashley GVWW WIKIPEDIA
Stephen Whittle WIKIPEDIA
Paul O'Grady/Lily Savage GVWW WIKIPEDIA
George O'Dowd GVWW WIKIPEDIA
Alice Purnell GVWW
Roz Kaveney GVWW Wikipedia
Ones to Watch
Kellie Maloney, boxing promoter, UKIP candidate WIKIPEDIA
Michelle Ross, CliniQ for trans sexual health.
Naith Payton, first-person piece in The Sun
Sophie Green, artist & illustrator
Nicole Gibson, model
09 November 2014
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Not sure about including Asif Quaraishi as a "trans person". There are certainly overlaps between drag and trans identities, but drag isn't a subset of trans; drag is an identity in its own right and denoting it as "trans" can erase that. Unless you know that Asif himself does identify as trans of course.
ReplyDeleteDrag has always been a gateway into trans. If we think otherwise we would expurgate Bambi, Coccinelle, Aleshia Brevard, Sylvia Rae Rivera from our history. After such a gutting not much would be left. Of course Virginia Prince and other HBS have always tried to insist that drag is not part of trans.
DeleteI notice from your google profile that you "On the nebulous border between cis and trans" and using a male name are less trans that most drags, so why are you taking this attitude?
Very belatedly: Sorry, if I wasn't clear there. I wasn't at all taking the attitude that drag people are not trans. I was specifically asking whether Asif identifies as trans. If so, then fine, of course. But if not, then...
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