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

By Lee Raye October 10, 2019 Early Modern 0 comments

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

“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?

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.

A Portrait of Jane Crow: An Interview with Rosalind Rosenberg

By Alexie Glover June 29, 2017 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Race and Ethnicity 1 comment

Rosalind Rosenberg describes Pauli Murray’s struggles with her gender identity and demonstrates that Murray was truly a person ahead of her time.

CFP: Transgender Histories

By notcheseditor June 28, 2017 CFP 1 comment

How might historians make sense of trans in past tenses?

Egyptology, sexual science and modern gender identity

By Jennifer Grove April 11, 2017 Ancient World, LGBTQ 1 comment

How does Egyptology figure into our contemporary debates about gender identity?