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 Jules Gill-Peterson Childhood and Youth, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, 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, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, 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.

Troubling Terms: The Label Problem in Transgender History

By Emily Skidmore Trans

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

Responses to the Medicalization of Transsexualism

By Galen Comerford Trans

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 Ancient World, Trans

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