Oklahoma’s head of public schools recently stated that race was not a factor in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, an event in which white mobs killed around 300 Black residents and burned some 35 blocks of businesses and homes. The Onion asked current students in Oklahoma what they knew about the event, and this is what…
A transgender woman has been chosen as the cover star of the Women’s Institute membership magazine.
In a first for the organisation, Petra Wenham, 74, appears in the July/August edition of WI Life, which is delivered to 200,000 members.
She said she felt ‘accepted and honoured’ to be given the chance to raise awareness about transgender issues.
In a first for the organisation, Petra Wenham, right, 74, appears in the July/August edition of WI Life
Miss Wenham, who has two children and two grandchildren, came out to her wife Loraine in 2015 at the age of 68
‘WI members are not just accepting but actively supportive and are welcoming me to the sisterhood,’ she said.
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