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Transgender History

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Seal Press, Jan 7, 2009 - Psychology - 208 pages
Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history, with each chapter covering major movements, writings, and events. Chapters cover the transsexual and transvestite communities in the years following World War II; trans radicalism and social change, which spanned from 1966 with the publication of The Transsexual Phenomenon, and lasted through the early 1970s; the mid-'70s to 1990--the era of identity politics and the changes witnessed in trans circles through these years; and the gender issues witnessed through the '90s and '00s.
Transgender History includes informative sidebars highlighting quotes from major texts and speeches in transgender history and brief biographies of key players, plus excerpts from transgender memoirs and discussion of treatments of transgenderism in popular culture.

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A great introduction to trans history. - Goodreads
Great overview of transgender history. - Goodreads
A short, informative introduction to trans history. - Goodreads

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User Review  - Elizabeth - Goodreads

Great introduction to the topic with extensive reading list and sources in the back. Read full review

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User Review  - Blair Marie - Goodreads

I read it for a class. It had a lot of interesting facts about the trans* community and I learned a lot. Read full review

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About the author (2009)

Susan Stryker is the coauthor of "Gay by the Bay", a historical look at gay life in San Francisco, as well as "Gay Pulp" and "Lesbian Pulp Address Books". She currently works as Executive Director of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society in San Francisco.

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