Dec 3, 2020
Meet Harry Allen, the sporty gentleman who scandalized Seattle by wooing ladies, biting cops, and making sure to give his side of the story to the press. Harry left an extraordinary legacy in the public record: He was a transgender man who talked directly to newspapers about his gender identity. But was he really the incorrigible hoodlum the papers made him out to be, or was he forced to the margins of society by police harassment?
Content notes: There is one transphobic quote at the beginning of
the article, when we discuss the incorrect claims about transgender
history in Abigail Shrier's book. For all other quotes used in this
episode, I've trimmed around names and pronouns to avoid
misgendering Harry on air.
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