These 3 Historical Figures Show Us Why Trans+ History Is So Important

Gender diversity isn’t new — recognising this helps challenge our erasure and give us hope

Image of Joan of Arc (left) from Archives nationales, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. Image of Amelio Robles Ávila (centre) from Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Image of a Medieval woman (right) from the Luttrell Psalter, Public Domain.

Thanks to the good folks at QueerAF, the UK has just celebrated its first ever Trans+ History Week, which runs from 6–12 May.