Della Aleksander (1923 - 2001) was a teacher and campaigner for trans rights. [1] [2] She was a co-producer of an episode of the current affairs programme Open Door, which was the first to feature trans women. She was a member of fascist organisations, such as the League of St George.
Born in 1923, [3] in 1970 she went to Casablanca for gender alignment surgery. [4] She described how it wasn't until she took hormone therapy that she felt herself to be transexual. [5] In 1971 she established Gender Research Association International Liaison (GRAIL). [4]
Aleksander launched a magazine entitled Two for One, which addressed trans issues. [6] She was a member of the Transsexual Liberation Group (TLG). [2] In 1973 she co-produced and co-presented an episode of the current affairs programme Open Door, which gave four trans women from the TLG a platform to discuss NHS care and societal attitudes to trans issues. [2] [4] [7] [8] The programme was first broadcast on 2 June 1973. [8] The other women on the programme were Rachel Bowen, Jan Ford and Laura Palet. [9] Aleksander wrote a comment piece for Gay News after the programme, myth-busting some trans issues. [10] In 1974 she spoke at The First National TV TS Conference held at the University of Leeds. [11]
Aleksander was associated with far right politics, and in 1995 Searchlight described her as "one of postwar Britain's best-known Mosleyites". [1] She was a pupil of Roger Scruton's at Birkbeck College and was a member of the League of St George. [12] As a member of the league she met with white supremacist David Duke in 1978 in Belgium, along with other British fascists. [13] She died in 2001. [3]
Della Aleksander (1923 - 2001) was a teacher and campaigner for trans rights. [1] [2] She was a co-producer of an episode of the current affairs programme Open Door, which was the first to feature trans women. She was a member of fascist organisations, such as the League of St George.
Born in 1923, [3] in 1970 she went to Casablanca for gender alignment surgery. [4] She described how it wasn't until she took hormone therapy that she felt herself to be transexual. [5] In 1971 she established Gender Research Association International Liaison (GRAIL). [4]
Aleksander launched a magazine entitled Two for One, which addressed trans issues. [6] She was a member of the Transsexual Liberation Group (TLG). [2] In 1973 she co-produced and co-presented an episode of the current affairs programme Open Door, which gave four trans women from the TLG a platform to discuss NHS care and societal attitudes to trans issues. [2] [4] [7] [8] The programme was first broadcast on 2 June 1973. [8] The other women on the programme were Rachel Bowen, Jan Ford and Laura Palet. [9] Aleksander wrote a comment piece for Gay News after the programme, myth-busting some trans issues. [10] In 1974 she spoke at The First National TV TS Conference held at the University of Leeds. [11]
Aleksander was associated with far right politics, and in 1995 Searchlight described her as "one of postwar Britain's best-known Mosleyites". [1] She was a pupil of Roger Scruton's at Birkbeck College and was a member of the League of St George. [12] As a member of the league she met with white supremacist David Duke in 1978 in Belgium, along with other British fascists. [13] She died in 2001. [3]