Blurred Bylines
Lucy Hicks Anderson: Black Transgender Pioneer of the 1940s
Lucy Hicks Anderson was a transgender woman living in Oxnard, CA for two decades before she was brought to court to defend her gender identity โ โ
About Blurred Bylines
Blurred Bylines is an effort to bring to light some of those perspectives that deserve their place in the public conscience. Unfortunately, a 24-hour media culture doesnโt allow for revisiting and re-assessing. We have to fight to bring to the surface new ideas and points of view.ย
When the voices of entire communities, cultures and genders are rendered unimportant and ignored, lost in history and the present, itโs hard to not be angry. Our voices may just be one in millions of millions. But itโs when that same message gets said by millions of different people, that it starts to break through the cacophony.
Those perspectives have value and they should be shared. That progress deserves to be covered. And it’s up to us to ensure that happens. Keep reading about Blurred Bylines.