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

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

Kit Heyam

352 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction gender history lgbtqia+ informative reflective medium-paced

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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 97%
reflective 58%
challenging 34%
inspiring 32%
hopeful 23%
emotional 18%
sad 5%
dark 2%
funny 2%
adventurous 1%
tense 1%

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slow 21%
fast 11%

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