Transgender Woman Extraordinaire Naked Age

In this episode of Naked Age we meet Marie Willa Bobo-Smith, a transgender nudist whose top free activism and public nudism make her make her a trailblazer for trans visibility. Plus, we explore intersections between nudist and trans history and look at the history of single men policies in nudist clubs. 
(This episode was originally published on March 30, 2022)
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Links to Marie WillaMarie Willa on Twitter https://twitter.com/Marie_W_B_SmithMarie Willa on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@misswillaMarie Willa on Checkin https://checkin.coach/marie-willaMarie Willa on MeWe https://mewe.com/i/moebobo-smith
Resources for supporting transgender rightsNational Center for Transgender Equality https://transequality.org/The Trevor Project  https://www.thetrevorproject.org/GLAAD https://www.glaad.org/Trans Lifeline https://translifeline.org/Human Rights Campaign https://www.hrc.org/What You Need To Know About The Equality Act https://www.americanprogress.org/article/need-know-equality-act/H.R.5 - Equality Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5
Credits
ClipsDiary of a Nudist (1961) 
“Discrimination Against Single Nudists”; Letter to the editor by Rudolph Johnson; Sunshine & Health; Mar. 1947. Excerpt voiced by Timothy Branson, 2022. 
“NC Lawmakers May Repeal Transgender Bathroom Law”; AP News; Youtube, Dec 21, 2016. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=987zoHeH-XM]
Research Resourceshttps://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Roth-4358
https://zagria.blogspot.com/search?q=zelda+suplee#.Yga0x-7MLaU
https://mendovoice.com/2021/06/coast-activist-march-for-topless-equality-in-fort-bragg/
https://medium.com/empowered-trans-woman/trans-folks-the-road-less-traveled-979dbb9bfb3d
https://www.wpath.org/about/history/international-symposia
“Transgender History” by Susan Stryker
“Beyond the Gender Binary” by Alok Vaid-Menon
“Going to Trinidad” by Martin J. Smith
MusicThe Get Away by Mr. Smith, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/mr-smith/studio-city/the-get-away
Parallel by Metre, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Metre/infraction/parallel
Trapper John by Lobo Loco, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/candle-for-you/trapper-john-id-1584
Les Portes Du Futur by Bill Vortex, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Bill_Vortex/Vortex_Des_Reformes/14_-_Les_Portes_Du_Futur
Saturn by Ketsa, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/vitality/saturn
Lost Satellite Seeks Home by Studio Noir, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Studio_Noir/Singsongs_For_You_The_Moon/08_Lost_Satellite_Seeks_Home
Mizar Mizar (feat. Wankers United) by Bill Vortex, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Bill_Vortex/Vortex_Des_Reformes/01_-_Mizar_Mizar_feat_Wankers_United
After the Explosion by Lobo Loco, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.  Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/around/after-the-explosion-id-1298mp3
Airflow by Bio Unit, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Bio_Unit/generator/airflow
Way to the Lite, Lobo Loco, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/Good_Old_Organ_Ice/Way_to_the_Lite_ID_1019
Peaceful Morning by Lobo Loco, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivat