K (189?–?) Soviet pioneer. From Kazan, Tartarstan, USSR, K was diagnosed as a ‘transvestite’ in 1937.

She was given permission by the People’s Court to wear female clothing, her identity papers were changed to her female name, and her name was removed from the military recruitment rolls.

She was featured in a 1957 gynaecology textbook.

M.G. Serdiukov. Sudebnaia ginekologiia I sudebnoi akusherstvo. Moscow: Meditsina 1957: 47-8.
Dan Healey. Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia: The Regulation of Sexual and Gender Dissent. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2001: fig 24.

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    12 hours ago

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    • MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir]
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    • Thallo [love/loves]
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      11 hours ago

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      • Luna [she/her, fae/faer]M
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        10 hours ago

        Go for it! Even if you start out small and/or just write down what you're thinking in that moment, you'll probably get into a flow and be filling pages in no time. There are many days where my journal starts with "well, not much happened today" before I either talk about other thoughts or just write a bit more and then add "I'm tired, so I'm going to bed." Followed up by a "Good Night" large enough to fill the rest of the page. I do mine before I sleep, find it's easier to do.