All in the Trans Family: We Grossly Underestimate the Power of Cultural Domination

All in the Trans Family
We Grossly Underestimate the Power of Cultural Domination
Bethany Beeler
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Published inThe Transition Transmission
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5 min read·
Oct 12, 2021
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The top-rated TV show in the early 1970s was All in the Family, which opened with the song, “Those Were the Days”:
Boy, the way Glenn Miller played
Songs that made the hit parade
Guys like me we had it made
Those were the days
Didn’t need no welfare state
Everybody pulled his…
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Written by Bethany Beeler
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Author of North Street Book Prize Finalist, _How to NOT Know You’re Trans_, and artist. Her work has been published in multiple publications.
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