This is remarkably cool.This is remarkably cool.

BBboakandbailey.bsky.socialFeb 11, 2024 8:10am

Fascinated by the sheer matter-of-factness of this story buried on page 8 of The Liverpool Daily Post, 29 March 1937 – “Ellen the barmaid is now Alan the barman.” Please update your address books. Now, what’ll you have?

Trans people have existed longer than astronauts, I try to emphasize that to people.

Amazing how nobody gave a shit until the far right decided it was a wedge issue

Brilliant.

Transfolk have always been with us.

Cool in many ways, @boakandbailey.bsky.social are legendary (though they will deny it)

Now I am just wondering if Allan was enlisted during WWII

I'm sure you're familiar with this too? bsky.app/profile/mugr...

www.britishpathe.com/asset/90667/

I kept expecting them to switch the pronoun mid-sentence till the end. Now if they did that, it would be indubitably cool.

Neil, shame on you. I thought you had more sense and propriety than this. It's one thing for adults to make potentially harmful decisions on the path their life will go, but 17 years old is far, far too young to be able to be a bartender.