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Trans People Have Long History in South—But Politicians Ignore It

When G. Samantha Rosenthal first moved to the South in 2015, she expected to find a hostile environment for her transition. Instead, she met trans people of all ages who prove there is nothing new about being transgender in southwest Virginia. Yet this remarkable history is all but forgotten, she writes.

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MFP Voices

The First Thanksgiving Is a Key Chapter in America’s Origin Story

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving in New England. Remembered and retold as an allegory for perseverance and cooperation, the story of that first Thanksgiving has become an important part of how Americans think about the founding of their country. But what happened four months later, starting in March 1622 about 600 miles south of Plymouth, is, I believe, far more reflective of the country’s origins—a story not of peaceful coexistence but of distrust, displacement and repression.

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