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Trans people have a long history in Appalachia -- but politicians prefer to ignore it

  • Written by G. Samantha Rosenthal, Associate Professor of History, Roanoke College
imageParents and activists who support transgender rights rally before a school board meeting on Aug. 10, 2021, in Ashburn, Virginia.Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In recent public debate throughout the South, transness – the fact of being transgender – is framed as a kind of new social contagion.

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