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Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution by Susan Stryker

18 reviews

kass_e_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

The only reason I took off a quarter star is because the book could already use a 3rd edition. I definitely recommend reading this edition over the 1st if you can. A few things were said about non-binary identities I didn’t exactly agree with. Probably two sentences out of the entire book that is otherwise a very moving experience to read as a young trans person. I wanted to better understand my place in the world and the people and events that came before me and now I feel that I have. It’s a humbling reading experience, personally anyways. I’d recommend this to any queer or trans person especially but really anyone who just wanted to get a trans historian’s history of trans people in America.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexism, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Outing, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Biphobia, Deadnaming, Death, Police brutality, Medical content, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content

All of the “graphic” tags are in the context of “historian telling you events that happened and the causes and consequences of them “. They can still be disturbing. The chapter “The Difficult Decades” (referring to the 70s and 80s)was notably a hard one for me due to descriptions of transphobia, transmisogyny, HIV, and death. Also none of these tags are perpetrated by the author to my knowledge, only ever described.

ignatzv's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Transgender History compiles the history of transgender identities as well as the importance of including transgender people in modern-day activism. This was my first experience with feminist/queer literature, and I really have not looked back since. This book introduced me to a wonderful movement and complex history that means a lot to me even today. Since the latest addition was released in 2017, it could be somewhat outdated, but I still think it is a good introduction if you want to learn more about trans history.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, and Dysphoria

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

This book read more like a high school textbook so I struggled to get through parts of it, but the resources (websites, laws, etc) mentioned were vital for me to know about. Also, there were many incidents and law cases that were shared in this book that I didn’t know about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

corsetedfeminist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

I picked this up for Pride month, and it was exactly what I expected, in the best way. 
This is a book on trans history, written by a member of the trans community, which lends a tenderness, understanding, and poignancy that only a trans author could display. The love and respect for trans history fills every page.
The books also does an excellent job of discussing the ways different parts of the trans community were perceived in various times- such as the fascination with well off white trans women during the 1950’s while at the same time poor Black trans women were constantly roughed up by police, leading to the resistance that would eventually begin the fight for all queer rights. 
All in all, a very solid overview of the subject that is quickly recommend to any interested person

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence

cogowno's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

biobeetle's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Transphobia

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Medical content

cogowno's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

booksbeyondthebinary's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Racism and Rape

razzberry_pi's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

Good introduction to trans history in the US, covering major events up to ~2017. If you are generally familiar with queer history/studies maybe skip/skim the definitions chapter as some of the labels are outdated/wrongly defined. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Biphobia, Hate crime, Sexism, Suicide, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic

purplepenning's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Read during the #TransRightsReadathon. A good overview, updated in 2017, of trans history from the 1950s on. It focuses on human rights and social justice in historical social context, but does include some scientific/medical history as well. The glossary at the beginning is useful, but be advised, as the author points out, that language can change rapidly, so it should be a starting point and guide to understanding the terminology used in the book rather than a definitive source for current usage.     

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Confinement, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Minor: Deadnaming and Suicide attempt