Pauli Murray's TransQueer Impact

Pauli Murray (they/he/she) was a gender nonconforming activist, legal scholar and strategist, poet, and Episcopal priest who made Brown v Board of Education possible, helped end multiple forms of sex discrimination (influencing Justice Thurgood Marshall, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and others), and coined the term "Jane Crow" to describe the intersectional experience Black women face when discriminated against from their race and/or gender. Pauli explored their gender before access to much of the language we have today. They wrote extensively about their life, their family's history, spiritual and political poetry, and of course, the legal theories that continue to shape our group and collective liberation more than 40 years after their passing. Join Hale for a full profile on Pauli and what their impact means for LGBTQIA+ listening to Queery on WORTFM 89.9 in 2026.