The concept of sissiness, and the way the epithet is employed, is neither static nor universal.
Tag: gender
Black Trans Feminism
Rethinking blackness, transness, and black feminism in a more radical, and freeing, way.
Reproduction in Transition: Fertility Technology in the Lives of Sexual and Gender Minorities
LGBTQ+ people utilizing fertility technologies may face discrimination, prejudice, and the need to balance a trajectory of gender affirming medical care with prenatal care.
Illegitimacy, Family and Stigma in England, 1660-1834
What were the consequences of illegitimacy in the long eighteenth century?
Wolfenden’s Women: Prostitution in Post-war Britain
How was prostitution presented in the Wolfenden Report?
Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex
How have understandings of and approaches to intersex bodies changed from early America to the present day?
The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages
By exploring their sex lives, The Fires of Lust brings ordinary medieval people to life.