The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance

By Leah DeVun Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Trans

The Shape of Sex reveals how and why efforts to define “the human” so often hinged on ideas about nonbinary sex.

Raúl Luis Suarez’s Smile and The Ruthless Archive

By Patricio Simonetto Latin American Sexualities, Trans

As historians know, the archive is ruthless in preserving categories over time.

Trans America: A Counter-History

By Barry Reay 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Trans

Despite the prominence of what is now called trans in contemporary culture, there is a shortage of comprehensive trans histories.

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

By Kirsten Leng LGBTQ, Trans

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 Author Interviews, Childhood and Youth, LGBTQ, Trans

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 Asian Sexualities, Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Trans

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 Early America, Trans

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