Transgender History, second edition: The Roots of Today's Revolution [Paperback]

A timely second edition of the classic text on transgender history, with a new introduction and updated material throughout

Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history, with each chapter covering major movements, writings, and events. Chapters cover the transsexual and transvestite communities in the years following World War II; trans radicalism and social change, which spanned from 1966 with the publication of The Transsexual Phenomenon, and lasted through the early 1970s; the mid-'70s to 1990-the era of identity politics and the changes witnessed in trans circles through these years; and the gender issues witnessed through the '90s and '00s.

Transgender History includes informative sidebars highlighting quotes from major texts and speeches in transgender history and brief biographies of key players, plus excerpts from transgender memoirs and discussion of treatments of transgenderism in popular culture.Susan Strykeris associate professor of gender and women's studies, as well as the former director of the Institute for LGBT Studies at the University of Arizona. She is the author of many articles and several books on transgender and queer topics. She won a Lambda Literary Award for the anthologyThe Transgender Studies Reader(Routledge 2006), and an Emmy Award for the documentary filmScreaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria(Frameline/ITVS 2005). This timely and relevant book should be required reading. Portland Book Review An invaluable text for anyone who wants to better understand evolving concepts of gender. Essential. CHOICE Ground-breaking and all-around excellent Autostraddle