Mar 30, 2022
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.
Links to Marie Willa:
• Marie Willa on Twitter https://twitter.com/Marie_W_B_Smith
• Marie Willa on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@misswilla
• Marie Willa on Checkin https://checkin.coach/marie-willa
• Marie Willa on MeWe https://mewe.com/i/moebobo-smith
Resources for supporting transgender rights:
• National 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
(This episode was originally published on March 30, 2022)
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Clips:
- Diary 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 Resources
- https://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
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