VIDEO: The Transgender Man Who Fought in the Civil War: The Amazing Life and Tra

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VIDEO: The Transgender Man Who Fought in the Civil War: The Amazing Life and Tragic End of Albert Cashier

http://www.people.com/article/weve-been-around-transgender-docuseries-albert-cashier

People/By Blake Bakkila  03/01/2016 AT 02:00 PM EST

"Albert Cashier hid his identity to fight for the Union in the Civil War. Years later, however, his role in the war – and as a man – came under fire.

The new documentary series We've Been Around looks at remarkable, often little-known stories of trans people who made history. "

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Transgender Revolutionaries Profiled in New Documentary Series

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sara-warner2/transgender-revolutionari_b_9362398.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender

The Huffington/By Sara Warner    03/01/2016

"Transparent producer Rhys Ernst has teamed up with Focus Features, the distribution company behind The Danish Girl, a film about Lili Elbe, one of the first people to undergo sex reassignment surgery, to create We've Been Around. This series of documentary shorts, each about five minutes long,"