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 ​ →

Yuri Kochiyama At Intersection of Black Power & Asian Movements

Jovita Idár’s Fight for Mexican-American Rights in Texas

John Mitchell Jr.’s Relentless Fight For Justice At The Richmond Planet

How Lani Ka’ahumanu Propelled Bisexual Visibility & Acceptance

The Legend Of Sadie The Goat in New York City

Gallus Mag, The Most Brutal Bouncer in 1860s New York

Esther Jones: Betty Boop’s Original Influence

Xóchitl Guadalupe Cruz López: Child Inventor in Chiapas, MX

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 doesn’t allow for revisiting and re-assessing. We have to fight to bring to the surface new ideas and points of view. 

When the voices of entire communities, cultures and genders are rendered unimportant and ignored, lost in history and the present, it’s hard to not be angry. Our voices may just be one in millions of millions. But it’s 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.