Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex

By Elizabeth Reis 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, Medicine and the Body

How have understandings of and approaches to intersex bodies changed from early America to the present day?

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.

‘She rose in the Morning of a contrary Sex’: Stories from Early Modern Wonder Books

By Lee Raye Early Modern

Early modern wonder books included stories of people who changed sex as a surprising natural phenomenon.

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.

Eugenics and Intersex: The consequences of defining "normal" bodies

By Katelyn Dykerman Medicine and the Body

Decisions to limit life based on social or cultural biases contain dangerous eugenic possibilities.

‘A Temporary Member’: ‘Hermaphrodites’ and Sexual Identity in Early Modern Russia

By Marianna Muravyeva Early Modern, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body

‘Hermaphrodites’ represented a true puzzle for the authorities and local community.