Thread by @TwisterFilm

. 1/ For those mesmerised by the sheer strangeness of Della Alexander, the producer of the first ever TV show presented by trans people in 1973 on the BBC here's an update. It appears the star of the show, the fragrant Della, was a keen supporter of Mosley and his fascists.👇

https://twitter.com/TwisterFilm/status/1480382480595230721

2./ In academic essays Derek Alexander appears as Mosley's South African lieutenant. Della travelled there to support apartheid and became an army reservist. This may explain why in the BBC show a medium is said to have put him in touch with a man with a funny moustache.

3./ Thanks to @coccinellanovem & @fcqv for the detective work. The muffled reference from Della to those who gave her paranormal advice is to "Dr Vervoerd" who introduced mass detention and imprisoned Nelson Mandela. Thank goodness you can't judge a movement by one bad apple.

4./ In the BBC show Della says 'she'd' set up a branch of the European National Movement, the name for Mosley's global outposts. Later Della founded one of Britain's first transsexual rights organisations, GRAIL. From building the master race to creating a new gender masterclass?

5./ In their book The Transgender Phenomenon, Ekins and King feature a quote from Della's speech at the first ever trans rights conference, in 1974. Despite her atrocious politics, it is perhaps more insightful than Della realised and may just have some relevance to us today. 👇

6./ Della said "Being a transvestite or transsexual cannot, by its nature, be a social protest phenomenon, for it seeks to conform to accepted norms of the sexual division and the manner in which the sexes are distinguished by dress." Della wasn't all daft.