Tue. 11/17 - The Little-Known History of Transgender People

<p><strong><em>A look at trans figures in history in honor of Transgender Awareness Week. New stretchable sensor gloves that could change the game for robots, physical therapy, and VR. Liquid Death, the over-the-top canned water company, has released their second album of the year. Plus a new release from Waffle House. And a quick extra detail about the Moderna vaccine to add to my rundown from yesterday.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>Fundrise, Get your first 90 days of advisory fees waived at <a href="https://fundrise.com/affiliates/no-fees?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=kottkeridehome&amp;utm_campaign=podcast-kottke-2020&amp;utm_content=text-script-nofees" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fundrise.com/kottke</a></li><li>Fitbod, Get one month free at <a href="http://fitbod.me/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fitbod.me/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiewareham/2020/11/11/350-transgender-people-have-been-murdered-in-2020-transgender-day-of-remembrance-list/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Murdered, Suffocated And Burned Alive: 350 Transgender People Killed In 2020</a> (Forbes)</li><li><a href="https://www.glaad.org/transweek" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Transgender Awareness Week</a> (GLAAD)</li><li><a href="https://www.umass.edu/stonewall/sites/default/files/Infoforandabout/transpeople/genny_beemyn_transgender_history_in_the_united_states.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Genny Beemyn, "Transgender History in the United States"</a> (Genny Beemyn, UMass)&nbsp;</li><li><em>Re-Dressing America’s Frontier Past </em>by Peter Boag</li><li><em>Revolutionary </em>by Alex Myers</li><li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-from-the-vaults/id1071270085" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‎One From the Vaults</a> (Apple Podcasts)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81284247" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Disclosure</a> (Netflix) </li><li><a