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Hi everyone, I wanna tell you about a really cool #trans person I’ve learned about recently - Wendy Carlos. (Thread: 1/3)
Carlos was born in 1939 and is currently 86 years old. She helped develop the first ever commercial #synthesizer, Moog, in 1964. She created the scores for iconic movies including A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Shining (1980), and Tron (1982). She even won three #Grammy awards in 1970 for her album Switched-On Bach. (First trans woman to ever win one!)
She was also one of the first public figures to disclose that she underwent a feminizing gender-affirming surgery (she got the procedure in 1972, went public in 1979).
#transHistory #transgender #history #music #musicHistory #funFacts

History of trans musician Wendy Carlos (3/3)
And here is the video where I first came across Carlos.
Two bits of context here:
1. This is one of the most impressive explainers of how electronic music works and the different wavelengths that go into turning electric signals into sound that I’ve ever seen (and I studied physics for 2 years in university, so I had at least some background on this.) #trans #synthesizer #Grammy #transHistory #transgender #history #music #musicHistory #funFacts

History of trans musician Wendy Carlos (2/3)
I learned about this incredible woman after coming across an old video with her on YouTube the other week (see part 3 of the thread for link).
And I thought it’s important to share given that trans history is being actively erased from public consciousness these days, and right-wing politicians / pundits are trying to claim that trans people are invading and ruining culture. In reality, people like Carlos have been here this whole time, creating the very culture that these jerks claim is being ruined by “woke”.
This is also telling. Carlos said about the public’s reaction to her transition, back in the 80s:

"The public turned out to be amazingly tolerant or, if you wish, indifferent ... There had never been any need of this charade to have taken place. It had proven a monstrous waste of years of my life."
#trans #synthesizer #Grammy #transHistory #transgender #history #music #musicHistory #funFacts