Transgender Pioneers: Dr. James Barry and Angela Clayton

Transgender Pioneers: Dr. James Barry and Angela Clayton

Though it is Women’s His­to­ry Month today, I’m writ­ing about two incred­i­ble trans­gen­der indi­vid­u­als. First, Dr. James Bar­ry is his­tor­i­cal­ly sig­nif­i­cant because of his con­tri­bu­tions to med­i­cine and courage in liv­ing as a gen­der-non­­con­­for­m­ing indi­vid­ual dur­ing the eigh­teenth and nine­teenth cen­turies. Then, Angela Clay­ton, a trans­gen­der woman, was a tes­ta­ment to the pow­er of courage, bril­liance, and the unwa­ver­ing pursuit

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Black Scientists of Canada

It’s Feb­ru­ary, and in Cana­da, Ger­many, and the Unit­ed States, it’s Black His­to­ry Month, when we reflect on the inspir­ing impact of many Black indi­vid­u­als and those of African her­itage. As a side note, Black His­to­ry Month is cel­e­brat­ed in Octo­ber in the Unit­ed King­dom, Ire­land, and the Nether­lands.  It’s a spe­cial month reserved for not only remind­ing the world

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