Beyond the Binary: Science, History, and the Radical Possibilities of Sex and Gender

By Kirsten Leng August 13, 2019 LGBTQ, Trans 1 comment

Science has been a crucial resource for those seeking to radically rethink the possibilities of sex, gender, and sexuality.

Histories of the Transgender Child

By Julian Gill-Peterson May 30, 2019 Author Interviews, Childhood and Youth, LGBTQ, Trans 0 comments

Challenging the idea that today’s trans kids are a brand new generation.

After Eunuchs: Science, Medicine, and the Transformation of Sex in Modern China

By Howard Chiang January 30, 2019 Asian Sexualities, Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Trans 0 comments

After Eunuchs tells a history of sex change in modern China.

“Well Known as Miss Betty Cooper”: Gender Expression in 18th-Century Boston

By Caitlin Hopkins November 28, 2018 Early America, Trans 0 comments

One 1771 advertisement sought the recapture of an enslaved person known by two names: Cato and Miss Betty Cooper.

Troubling Terms: The Label Problem in Transgender History

By Emily Skidmore November 28, 2017 Trans 0 comments

Does the question of language get to the heart of trans history as a field?

Responses to the Medicalization of Transsexualism

By Galen Comerford November 21, 2017 Trans 0 comments

Many in the trans community feared the power that a psychiatric diagnosis lends professionals over trans lives.

Of Gods & Emperors: Trans Experiences in Ancient Rome

By GVGK Tang November 14, 2017 Ancient World, Trans 4 comments

Ancient Romans’ transgressive gender performances were reserved only for fiction and fantasy, spirituality and the state.