It’s Trans Awareness Week! This year, we’d like to share with you the stories of trans & gender diverse icons we find inspiring stories of resistance, resilience, and dreams. On day five of the Trans Week of Awareness, we’d like to introduce Jasper, an iconic trans man who battled for gender affirming care in NSW. After co-founding Wicked Women: the country’s first lesbian magazine with a focus on sadomasochism and erotica, Jasper discovered the American magazine FTM; founded in 1986 by Lou Sullivan. He learned about the existence of trans men and realised that he was a man. Frustrated by gatekeeping within the health system, he and his friend Max Zebra-Thyone were able to assemble a small group of trans men for a series of meetings. Out of this gathering, Boys Will Be Boys formed: Australia’s first known trans men’s group. From February 1992 Boys Will Be Boys published a monthly newsletter, and this was able to reach a wider audience. Text and image adapted from Noah Riseman’s ‘NSW Trans History’. Want to know more about trans history? Head to the link to discover our Trans Culture Gallery, and Noah Riseman’s book, ‘Transgender Australia’: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gm_RCtSk ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gHBMin3x
