Roberta Cowell is the most interesting driver you've never heard of.

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11/15/2016 at 23:07 • Filed to: None

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Okay, honestly, she didn’t have any sort of exceptional career. She was, however the first, and so far only, transgender woman ever to race professionally. The weirdest part, though, is that she actually was kind of transphobic herself, calling others who transitioned after her freaks.

But hey, it’s still cool to read about a trans woman who did something with cars other than scam a bunch of people for once.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Cowell

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DISCUSSION (8)


Kinja'd!!! Nauraushaun > Rainbow
11/15/2016 at 23:48

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In the interests of openness I should let you know we have a transgender individual on Oppo and as far as I know they’ve never scammed a bunch of people.


Kinja'd!!! RallyWrench > Rainbow
11/16/2016 at 01:10

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A badass, but not sure what you mean about the scam bit?


Kinja'd!!! yamahog > Rainbow
11/16/2016 at 09:34

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Can you provide some clarification on your scam comment?


Kinja'd!!! Rainbow > RallyWrench
11/16/2016 at 09:35

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Can’t remember her name, but the person who “created” the Dale was also a transgender woman.


Kinja'd!!! Rainbow > yamahog
11/16/2016 at 09:37

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The Dale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentieth_Century_Motor_Car_Corporation  

That’s the only other instance I know where car culture and trans culture have significantly overlapped.


Kinja'd!!! Rainbow > Nauraushaun
11/16/2016 at 09:38

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I should have been more clear. I’m referring to Geraldine Carmichael and the Dale.


Kinja'd!!! yamahog > Rainbow
11/16/2016 at 09:46

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Ok, I thought that’s what you were talking about. The coverage of which was pretty grossly transphobic, btw: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/automobiles/excerpt-historys-greatest-automotive-mysteries-myths-and-rumors-revealed.html?_r=0&referer=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/


Kinja'd!!! Rainbow > yamahog
11/16/2016 at 09:48

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Yeah, I’ve heard.

Still, even with how much progress we have yet to make, it’s amazing to see how far we’ve come since then.