'Sissy' as in Sister
In the 1970s, lesbian and feminist organizations popped up in cities across the nation. Minneapolis and Saint Paul were no exception. Here in the Twin Cities, the Amazon Feminist Book Store, Lesbian Resource Center, and Lesbian Feminist Organizing Committee all provided space and community for newly out lesbians and queer women.
At the same time, a small network of transgender women started their own type of organizing, one that relied more on mutual support than a physical meeting place.
But these groups weren’t mutually exclusive. In the late 1970s, a trans woman named Sissy Potter tried to…
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