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

6 reviews

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 Since the latest addition was released in 2017, it could be somewhat outdated, but I still think it is a good introduction if you want to learn more about trans history.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

brookey8888's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

This was good. I learned a lot and had things refreshed for me, but because it was short it was just information after information and I found it hard to take in at times. If this was longer and things were expanded on I think it would have been more beneficial for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transphobia, Police brutality, Murder, and Outing

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

biblioghoul's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Outing

somestuff's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Clear, concise, and informative. An incredible primer on trans history in the usa. 

Only nitpick is that I wish there were more specific footnote/endnotes that were more comprehensive though Stryker does include further readings and general citations for each chapter.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Transphobia, and Suicide attempt