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15 minutes of fame: rediscovering forgotten figures

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Charlie Wilson - A Trans Man's Life

Charlie Wilson is an amazing life of a trans man at the end of the Victorian century and the start of the 20th century. Caroline chose Melintzin who was the translator for Hernandez Cortez during his invasion and conquest of the Aztec Mexica people. She's also sometimes known as Dona Marina or La Malinci but we've no words by her herself.

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