Frances Thompson is thought to be the first trans woman to testify before a U.S. Congressional Committee. Her 1866 testimony was in relation to a riot in Memphis in which many African-Americans were murdered, raped and injured. Frances was later arrested on charges of “transvestism”, an arrest which was used to discredit the testimony she had made.
(Accessibility : Painting of a town with burning building, people aiming guns and people shielding children.)
