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Transgender Activist and Renowned Tarot Expert Rachel Pollack Dies at 77

  • Rachel Pollack was a transgender woman and advocate who spread awareness of LGBTQ+ issues through her work.
  • Pollack was an authority on tarot cards and the author of "Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom," a seminal book on tarot.
  • She collaborated with Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean to create the "Vertigo Tarot."
  • Pollack was a science fiction and fantasy writer who won major awards like the Arthur C. Clarke Award and World Fantasy Award.
  • She created DC Comics' first transgender superhero, Kate Godwin/Coagula, in 1993.
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