To Own The Libs
Crossdressing? “Eh. They’re just clothes.” Coming out? “Joke’s on you, I was just pretending!” Changing your name? “…I can always change it back…” Starting hormones? “…” How far would you go… To Own The Libs?
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Humanities Nonfiction Social Sciences Theory
The Gendered Society
An excerpt from The Gendered Society, this reading discusses the state of the American gender binary in the late 1990s from a sociology perspective. The concept that gender is a set of norms is discussed at length, and in particular the ways that gender inequality produce gender difference.
Social Sciences
Not Quite Women: Lesbian Activism in Portugal
Lesbian activism is a recent phenomenon in Portugal. Due to the country’s specific development pattern, lesbian organisations only began to emerge during the 1990’s, usually as subsidiary of major lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual organisations. They have, nevertheless, roots in past attempts of consciousness-raising led by some women networks. Lesbian activists appear to be very…
Law/Legal Nonfiction Social Sciences Theory
Transsexual and Transgender Health Law
Transsexualism is a normal part of human sociobiological diversity, stretching back thousands of years and spanning the globe. Modern technology has now permitted transsexuals to express their sexual identity with great effectiveness, just as technology has permitted gifted artists and engineers to express their identities with unprecedented impact. The use of biotechnology to express sexual…
Biography Journal/Diary Nonfiction
Magnus Hirschfeld Scrapbook: Denkeschrift (Memorandum)
Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935) was a German Jewish doctor and a leading researcher of sex, sexuality, and gender. He wrote and lectured widely on these topics, treated and advised patients, and worked to promote the rights of those who did not conform to existing gender or sexual norms. After Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933,…
Biography Nonfiction Other
Excerpt from Misfit A Memoir
This is an excerpt from the chapter entitled ‘Surgery’ from my autobiography/memoir ‘Misfit.’ More excerpts and commentaries can be found on my Substack page. Subscription is free. https://leepenman.substack.com/
Biography History Humanities Nonfiction Other Social Sciences
Una historia verosímil de la Princesa de Borbón: trabajo, género y sexualidad en América del Sur, 1905-1919
Este texto explora algunos momentos de la trayectoria laboral y migratoria de la persona conocida como Princesa de Borbón, Luis Fernández, Pedro Pérez o Armando Ariatti. Sus recorridos por Río de Janeiro y Buenos Aires contribuyen a delinear un abanico de posibles cruces entre trabajo, género e inmigración. La Princesa de Borbón participaba, junto a…
History Humanities Nonfiction Social Sciences Theory
Recovering a Gender‐Transgressive Past: A Transgender Historiography
This chapter tracks the development of the field of transgender history over the past three decades and considers some of the ways in which its emergence has reshaped lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer history, histories of sexuality, and women’s and gender history more broadly. Susan Stryker has published Transgender History, which offers readers both a…
Humanities Nonfiction Social Sciences
Transgender Activism and the Net: Global Activism or Casualty of Globalisation
“Transsexuality and transgender are contested terms which signify in a range of ways. This chapter does not seek to destabilise different experiences of transgendered or transsexual subjects. However, it does question some models of transsexual identity — as a passive subject (Hausman 1995) or pathologised — and some ideas of transgender articulated in popular cyberculture,…
Nonfiction Theory
An Effortless Voice: Queer Vocality and Transgender Identity in Kim Fu’s For Today I Am a Boy
This chapter offers some reflections on the social and cultural relevance of vocal identity in the embodiment of queer subjectivities through a reading of Kim Fu’s 2014 novel For Today I Am a Boy. The coming-of-age story of Peter Huang, a young Canadian of Chinese descent who undertakes the slow and painful journey from boy…