Read Trans History

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Overview

Books on trans*, gender non-conforming, and gender expansive history, including complicated and messy gender possibilities. We have always been here.

Challenge Books

Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton

Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity

C. Riley Snorton

A Short History of Trans Misogyny by Jules Gill-Peterson

A Short History of Trans Misogyny

Jules Gill-Peterson

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

Kit Heyam

Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline

Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson

Tourmaline

The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports by Michael Waters

The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports

Michael Waters

We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film by Tre'vell Anderson

We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

Tre'vell Anderson

The Two Revolutions by Avery Dame-Griff

The Two Revolutions

Avery Dame-Griff

Transgender History by Susan Stryker

Transgender History

Susan Stryker

Before Trans: Three Gender Stories from Nineteenth-Century France by Rachel Mesch

Before Trans: Three Gender Stories from Nineteenth-Century France

Rachel Mesch

And the Category Is...: Inside New York's Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community by Ricky Tucker

And the Category Is...: Inside New York's Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community

Ricky Tucker

Histories of the Transgender Child by Jules Gill-Peterson

Histories of the Transgender Child

Jules Gill-Peterson

Female Husbands: A Trans History by Jen Manion

Female Husbands: A Trans History

Jen Manion