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CLASSIC: Meet Albert Cashier, the Trans Man Who Fought for the Union in the Civil War

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Oct 10, 202628:26Society & Culture

Born as Jennie Hodgers with a female sex assignment on December 25th, 1843, Albert Cashier emigrated to the United States lived as a man from his early teens on through the rest of his life. Despite the massive prejudice...

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