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Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam
9 reviews
g_whitt's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Outing, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism
I had so little understanding of the history covered in this book, and never expected to find a work like it. The author is very cautious in defining terms, explaining differences in culture, sharing histories before colonization & globalization, displaying episodes of appropriation, and shows special care in representing people who were individuals in their own time. Though there is a lot of hope in the sentiment that we have always been here, the author doesn’t present a golden or idealistic version of the past. There are some passages that were difficult to listen to, and there were passages I had to return to again at a later time. However, these difficult moments were not needlessly gruesome, and though there was no dwelling on evils, it was not shied away from either. The reader-author has a calm voice which expressed care for the topic and the people who were shared with the audience. I feel like I could write an essay on this work, but will leave it at this: excellent work, well presented, hopeful in spite of tragedy and difficulty. A good read for anyone interested in a more complete reading of world history.starryeyedreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation
angelfireeast24's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
joensign's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Transphobia
Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Colonisation
sophieprime's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Xenophobia, and Medical trauma
nilescrane's review against another edition
5.0
Comfort, desperation, love: this is the emotional register in which I, too, experience trans and queer history. Like Shapland, I came to identification with the queer past before I came to full articulation of my queer present: I knew that I felt deep hurt and anger about past injustices against queer men, and deep emotional identification with them, long before I realised that was one aspect of my trans experience.... But it's through such indecorous emotion that history has provided me with some of the most intensely important experiences of my life.
Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Colonisation
valkyri_anna's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Colonisation
kat_ml's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Transphobia
arsenic_'s review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Outing, and Colonisation