“Information Pleases”: Dictionaries and Trans History

By Joseph Gamble Queer Philologies, Trans

Dictionaries—in their contested and flawed glory—can teach us much about the multiplicity of gendered and sexual possibilities of history.

Translation as empowerment: toward a grammaticalization of the non-binary in Spanish

By Javier Arroyo Bretaño Modern Europe, Queer Philologies, Trans

How to translate genderqueer language if linguistic authorities acknowledge neither queer-gendered language nor the people it would represent?

Reproduction in Transition: Fertility Technology in the Lives of Sexual and Gender Minorities

By Donna Drucker LGBTQ, Trans

LGBTQ+ people utilizing fertility technologies may face discrimination, prejudice, and the need to balance a trajectory of gender affirming medical care with prenatal care.

Female Husbands: A Trans History

By Jen Manion Author Interviews, Trans

Long before people identified as transgender or lesbian, there were female husbands and the women who loved them.

The Queer Case of Catherine/Giovanni Vizzani

By Ula Klein Early Modern

What does the case of Catherine/Giovanni Vizzani reveal about gender identity and sexual desire in the Eighteenth Century?

Licentious Worlds: Sex and Exploitation in Global Empires

By Julie Peakman Author Interviews, Empire and Colonialism

A history of sexual attitudes and behaviour through five hundred years of empire-building around the world.

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.