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Transgender History
Transgender History
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Relatively short and easy to read introduction to transgender history in the U.S.

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Akiva ꙮ
Oct 19, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: nf-trans-gnc, nf-hx-activism, nf-theory, nf-queer, 3-fmt-nf-other, nf-hx-demog
Much better than I expected! Not terribly detailed, but does a really good job of putting people and organizations like Harry Benjamin, Sharon Stone, and ACT UP in context for their times. I also appreciated the bit at the end where the origins of queer theory are outlined, although the terminology started to go a little over my head. (I'm embarrassed to admit I used to get Sharon Stone and Susan Stryker confused before reading this book... they have the same initials, dammit. Now I won't, thoug ...more
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Feb 29, 2008 marked it as to-read
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Sep 05, 2008 rated it liked it
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Aug 24, 2009 marked it as to-read
Shelves: gender-and-sexuality
Tynan Power
Sep 09, 2009 marked it as to-read
Shelves: queer, history
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Feb 11, 2011 rated it liked it
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Jun 12, 2013 marked it as to-read
Larry-bob Roberts
Jan 08, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Amy (folkpants)
Mar 01, 2015 marked it as to-read
Chloe
Aug 02, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: history, trans-author, trans-topics-characters
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Saul
Sep 20, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: not-gonna-finish, academic, queer
Celeste
Dec 14, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Silvia
May 11, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Jun 30, 2018 marked it as to-read
Chris MacDonald-Dennis
Nov 01, 2018 rated it it was amazing
sarj
Dec 12, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Yzabel Ginsberg
Apr 09, 2019 marked it as to-read
Rachel
Sep 17, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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sarj
Sep 19, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Megan
Jan 29, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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