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I agree with you that my comment was a bit cringeworthy, but at the same time, unlike for gay people where there are any number of well known successful people,
by Doubl 7y ago
I agree with you that my comment was a bit cringeworthy, but at the same time, unlike for gay people where there are any number of well known successful people, I was unaware of any successful transgender people.
They only ever seen to get a mention in connection with some controversy over gender reassignment or conflict with feminists.
- cmrdporcupine 7y agoWendy Carlos
- beagle3 7y agoThe Eurovision contest produced a few winners (and famous also rans), such as Concita Wurst (sp?) and Dana International (sp?); but indeed I can’t think of many examples outside ShowBiz (Wendy Carlos is a musician; Sophie Wilson and Audrey Tang in tech; can’t recall any others)
- jonjacky 7y agoLynn Conway is another notable transgender woman in tech, with influential accomplishments in computer architecture and VLSI design, and later as a DARPA research administrator and academic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway