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Marie-Josèphe Bonnet. Violette Morris: histoire d'une scandaleuse. Paris: Perrin, 2011.

When the French Resistance assassinated Morris, they also murdered his passenger, a pork butcher, the butcher's wife and their two children.

Bonnet suggests that embarrassment over the killing of the two children led to a building up of the story of Morris' guilt.

GLBT+ much more involved with the Nazis. Why is Morris the chaufeur the one condemned.

Violette Morris (1893–1944) Part II: performer, chauffeur, black-marketer. Morris at Le Monocle Continued from Part I . In the 1931 census, Morris gave her name as Paule. At that time she employed a maid and t...

Based on two pages in a novel by famous crime writer Auguste Le Breton, Les pègriots, 1973, which has 2 pages on Morris, Raymond Ruffin defamed Morris as La hyène de la Gestapo. Marie-Josèphe Bonnet debunked Ruffin's lies.

My account of Violette Morris. zagria.blogspot.com/2015/05/viol...

Good article by Eli Erlick in the August G&LR, but why did she have to calumniate Violette Morris?

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The reality of life in the Royal town used as model for Labour growth Perched on an unassuming hill in Dorset, hemmed in on all sides by congested main roads, rolling green fields and huge building sites - sits the small town of Poundbury - the future?

Poundbury, Dorset, a new town designed by the Charles Windsor. "bus services were so minimal" ... "no public seats, litter bins, or public loos". A nepo-baby with servants for his slightest whim cannot be expected to understand the needs of ordinary people.
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‘I don’t call on anyone to stop protesting’: Polanski on pro-Palestine marches We spoke to the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Zack Polanski, who has been addressing his party's annual conference in Bournemouth.

Zack Polanski, UK Green party leader, on Manchester synagogue killings and anti-genocide marches:

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La Forest Potter (1855-1951), an early 1930s witness to queer New York La Forest Potter. Strange Loves: A Study in Sexual Abnormalities . Robert Dodsley Company/ National Library Press, 1933. Trigger warning:...

A strange book called Strange Lives, 1933. Dr La Forest Potter describes queer New York, but misunderstands so much.

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Bobbie Spong (191? - 1944) performer, WWII Prisoner of War Spong was the son of the licencee of the Six Bells, Kings Road, Chelsea. On 7-8 th  December 1941 he was a private in the Royal Army Ordnanc...

And of course the real-life version of a star POW female impersonator in a Japanese camp was the celebrated Bobbie Spong who died in prisoner-transfer ship torpedoed by a US submarine.
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Of course, the classic example of de-transing was the 1965 film of James Clavel's King Rat, 1962, based on his own experiences in a Japanese POW camp. The book features a POW female impersonator, who was in the first script, but then removed by the studio suits.
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Article re Disney's reversals and removal of mentions that a character is gay or trans. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

Lib Dems reject bid to prevent trans women standing in roles reserved for women Liberal Democrat members at the party's annual conference have rejected a bid to bar trans women from standing in roles reserved for women.

I supported of the UK Liberal Party from the 1960s, but have not forgiven the betrayal Coalition with Cameron. However:

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Re the new World Athletics sex testing for women.

Pink News, 23.9.25. www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/23/w...

Not disagreeing with your general point, but ambulances in Ontario and Quebec result in a small charge - $40 the last time we needed one.

How Graham Linehan’s gender activism led to career armageddon What began as a nasty Twitter spat seven years ago has led to a peculiar metamorphosis for the comedy writer

Who is Graham Linehan, a man who sacrificed his career for the sacred (irony) cause of transphobia?

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YouTube video by Gop Clowns Rudy Giuliani in Drag Smooching Donald Trump

For those of you who have forgotten:

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Trump announces he will award Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom | CNN Politics President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will award former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor.

Rudy Giuliani, KBE, one-time drag performer gets a medal from his stage partner.
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Who is Sophia Brooks? Graham Linehan pled not guilty to harassing transgender woman months before arrest over tweets Graham Linehan was previously accused of harassing Sophia Brooks, a transgender rights activist

The Sophia Brooks case aginst transphobe Graham Linehan is currently in court.
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Trans woman scoops award for Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Fringe The show Baby Doomer explores life as a trans woman and won the Taffner Family best comedy show prize at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards.

Trans comedian wins at Edinburgh Fringe.

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Annette/Sheldon (1931-1971) businessman, engineer Sheldon was raised in Idaho, grew to 6’2’’ (1.88m) and served in the military as a Marine sergeant. Sheldon had been cross-dressing since ea...

This is only a partial account. It ignores what is found re Annette in the books by Darrell Raynor and Katherine Cummings and Robert Hill's thesis.

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The client kings appease the over-king.

Craig Murray: "I am not sure there has been a sight in modern history equivalent to the way Europe’s 'leaders' were pictured in the White House." www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...

Of course the 10 commandments are not Christian. They are Jewish and for Jews. The Noahide commandments are for the Goyim.

Farage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought in WW2 Exclusive: Jack Anderton says UK may ‘regain’ former colonies in future and suggests end to support for Ukraine

Farage advisor suggests that UK take back Canada, Australia, South Africa as colonies.
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A reminder of the various bibliographies that I have published, including a yearly round-up of books for each year all the way back to 2007.

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M.J. Bassett | Director, Producer, Writer Known for: Solomon Kane, Ash vs Evil Dead, Power

M J Bassett, who is incidentally trans, has directed 24 films and TV episodes. Her latest is a remake of Red Sonja.

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The Telegoons - Wikipedia

Erica, of course, did the puppets for the Telegoons, 1963, the television version of The Goon Show, but neither Wikipedia nor IMDB give her the credit.

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‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse after UK’s supreme court ruling Support groups report that women and non-binary people are increasingly being challenged in toilets and changing facilities – but others call it scaremongering

Yet more cis women being challenged in toilets etc.

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So many known trans patients of Magnus Hirschfeld not even mentioned in recent books.
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Pipás Pista (1886–1940) farm worker convicted of murder Note1: In Hungarian/Magyar third person pronouns are not gendered. Ő is used whether the person is male or female, and will be used here fo...

Here is my article on Pipás Pista.
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The village of wives who killed their husbands after years of abuse From 1911 to 1929, dozens of women across Nagyrev and the Tiszazug region turned to homemade arsenic poison to get rid of husbands, parents, lovers, and even children.

Article in The Mail on the 1929 murder scandal in Tiszazug, Hungary, does not even mention trans man Pipás Pista!

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