(Ep 23) Reclaiming Transgender Appalachia w/ Artie Hartsell (WNC)

Rednecks Rising

I sat down with my friend and neighbor, Artie, earlier this week to have a conversation about the past & present of Transgender Appalachians. We touch on the history of gender & gender roles in Appalachia and the influence of Indigenous perspectives of gender in this area. We pay tribute to the stories of Transgender Appalachian ancestors who came before us, like Lucy Hicks Anderson, Carlett Brown Angianlee, & Robert Eads; and we touch on the current political landscape in regards to Queer and Transgender rights and recognition in Appalachia.
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Find & support Artie’s work at:
- Pride Education Services Website - (https://www.prideeducationservices.com/)
- Project Embodied Welcome - (https://www.facebook.com/embodiedwelcome/?ref=py_c)
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References from today's episode:
- “Well we’re fabulous and we’re Appalachians, so we’re fabulachians.” - (https://www.southerncultures.org/article/well-fabulous-appalachians-fabulachians/)
- Gender Issues in Appalachia: A Conversation on Changing Attitudes in the Region - (https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2017/07/gender-issues-appalachia-conversation-changing-attitudes-region/)
- Triple Roles of Appalachian Farm Women: Household, Farm, and Wage-Earning - (https://jrre.psu.edu/sites/default/files/2019-07/2-2_4.pdf)
- Working-class women are too busy for gender theory - but they’re still feminists - (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/25/feminism-working-class-women-gender-theory-dolly-parton)
- Opinion: Appalachia is a Matriarchy - (https://www.breezejmu.org/opinion/opinion-appalachia-is-a-matriarchy/article_e9d160b2-76d2-11eb-8a1d-7b060cd2e9d4.html)
- ASEGI STORIES: CHEROKEE QUEER AND TWO-SPIRIT MEMORY BY QWO-LI DRISKILL - (https://apmtbooks.com/collections/lgbtqia/products/cherokee-queer-and-two-spirit-memory-by-qwo-li-driskill)
- Invisible History Project (video) - (https://invisiblehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IHP_Lead_cut-compress.mp4?_=1)
- “Trans people have a long history in Appalachia – but politicians prefer to ignore it” - (https://theconversation.com/trans-people-have-a-long-history-in-appalachia-but-politicians-prefer-to-ignore-it-169013)
- Rosemary Ketchum and Transgender History in Appalachia - (http://expatalachians.com/rosemary-ketchum-and-transgender-history-in-appalachia)
- LGBTQ POLICY SPOTLIGHT: MAPPING LGBTQ EQUALITY IN THE U.S. SOUTH - (https://www.lgbtmap.org/policy-and-issue-analysis/regional-south-tally)
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