Transgender Woman Extraordinaire

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 Willa

• Marie Willa on Twitter https://twitter.com/Marie_W_B_Smith

• Marie Willa on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@misswilla

• Marie Willa on Checkin https://checkin.coach/marie-willa

• Marie Willa on MeWe https://mewe.com/i/moebobo-smith

Resources for supporting transgender rights

• National 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

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Credits

Clips

• Diary 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 Resources

• https://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

Music

• The 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-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/Salad_Mixed/Peaceful_Morning_ID_1229

• Here Be Dragons, With Dreams by Studio Noir, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Studio_Noir/Singsongs_For_You_The_Moon/03_Here_Be_Dragons_With_Dreams