New Heritage Minute Tells the Story of Transgender Soul Singer Jackie Shane

In advance of Transgender Awareness Week, and the Trans Day of Remembrance, Historica Canada has released a new Heritage Minute celebrating iconic soul singer Jackie Shane, a pioneering transgender performer and a prominent figure in Toronto's R&B scene. Born in 1940, Jackie Shane grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, singing in church choirs and gospel groups. At 13, she came out to her mother as transgender, although she publicly presented as a gay man throughout her career. Shane performed in Boston and Montreal with Frank Motley & his Motley Crew (later the Hitch Hikers) before settling into Toronto's burgeoning R&B scene around...