Award-winning trans comic book writer and activist Rachel Pollack has died

Rachel Pollack
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Award-winning trans author, comic book writer, tarot expert, and activist Rachel Pollack has died. She was 77.

Pollack’s wife, Judith Zoe Matoff, confirmed her death in an April 7 Facebook post: “I am sad to tell you that our beloved Rachel Pollack passed so peacefully and beautifully today at about 12:45 p.m. after a touching ceremony called Hand to Heart.

“Several of us stood in a circle,” Matoff wrote. “I had my hand on her heart. I began the circle by saying how much I love her and what she means to me. Each took their turn after me sharing their own feelings and appreciation of Rachel.”

“I know that Rachel will continue to be a Light in this world and in the next. She will continue to inspire so many of our beloved Tarot community, the Science Fiction and Fantasy community, the Comics community, and the Transgender community for whom she shared so much respect and care. We have felt and cherished your love and prayers over the past months and years as Rachel experienced so many health challenges. We are One.”

Pollack, who was born in Rhinebeck, New York, transitioned in the early 1970s when she was in her 20s. She published seven novels and four collections of short stories and created what is widely recognized to be the first transgender superhero character during her run writing…

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