Women's History Month
March 2023
Students thrive when they see themselves reflected in their curriculum. For young LGBTQ+ women and femme students, this means learning about LGBTQ+ women and femmes of all backgrounds that reflect students’ own.
Women’s History Month is in March. But supporting young women and femmes in school should be a year-round effort.
Jackie Shane
Jackie Shane (May 15, 1940 – February 21, 2019) was an American soul and rhythm and blues singer, who was most prominent in the local music scene of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the 1960s. Considered to be a pioneer transgender performer, she was a contributor to the Toronto Sound and is best known for the single "Any Other Way". She began performing locally in the 1950s wearing long hair, make-up, and jewelry. Vowing to escape the "Jim Crow South", in the late 1950s, she joined a traveling carnival and arrived in Cornwall, Ontario, in 1959, where she said she felt free for the first time.