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

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

Kit Heyam

359 pages first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

nonfiction gender history lgbtqia+ informative reflective medium-paced

Description

Today's narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories, while important, fail to account for the complex realities of many trans people's...

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informative 96%
reflective 52%
challenging 36%
inspiring 24%
hopeful 22%
emotional 21%
sad 4%
dark 3%
funny 2%
adventurous 1%
relaxing 1%
tense 1%

Pace

medium 66%
slow 23%
fast 9%

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