My Adventures in Trousers
A short story describing early transition in 1902. Trans man Theodore H Hoffman wrote the op-ed for the San Francisco Examiner following his public arrest.
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Category: Biography
Biography Comedy Drama Fiction
The Slow Fix
The first three story collections by Ivan E. Coyote featured insightful, deeply personal tales about gender, identity, and community, based on their own experiences growing up queer in Canada’s North. Ivan’s most recent book, Bow Grip, was their first novel; it was shortlisted for the Ferro-Grumley Prize for Women’s Fiction, was named a Stonewall Honor…
Biography Essay History Humanities Journal/Diary Nonfiction Social Sciences
This Heart Holds Many: My Life as the Nonbinary Millennial Child of a Polyamorous Family
Many of us were asked by our mother to do the dishes as children. Perhaps some of us would need to be asked more than once. Koe Creation was the type who’d get asked three times, by three different mothers. Crowded parent-teacher conferences, queer youth summer camp, and parental adoptions over potluck dinner were typical…
Biography Essay Humanities Journal/Diary Nonfiction Social Sciences Theory
Becoming Two-Spirit: Gay Identity and Social Acceptance in Indian Country
The Two-Spirit man occupies a singular place in Native American culture, balancing the male and the female spirit even as he tries to blend gay and Native identity. The accompanying ambiguities of gender and culture come into vivid relief in the powerful and poignant Becoming Two-Spirit, the first book to take an in-depth look at…
Anthology Biography History Humanities Nonfiction Social Sciences
Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context
In the words of editor Vern L. Bullough: “Although there was no single leader in the gay and lesbian community who achieved the fame and reputation of Martin Luther King, there were a large number of activists who put their careers and reputations on the line. It was a motley crew of radicals and reformers,…
Biography Essay Horror Humanities Journal/Diary Nonfiction Social Sciences Theory
Boy-Wives and Female Husbands: Studies in African Homosexualities
A significant contribution to anthropology, history, and gender studies that reveals the denials of homosexuality in traditional and contemporary African societies to be rooted in colonialist ideologies. Among the many myths created about Africa, the claim that homosexuality and gender diversity are absent or incidental is one of the oldest and most enduring. Historians, anthropologists,…
Biography Drama Fiction History Journal/Diary Short Story
Braziel Robinson: Possessed of Two Spirits
BRAZIEL ROBINSON POSSESSED OF TWO SPIRITS: Braziel Robinson, recently deceased, is a negro of about seventy-five years of age, and came to our plantation immediately after the war to test the question whether he was really free or not, and had the right to move from his former master’s place. He soon established a reputation…
Biography Essay History Humanities Law/Legal Nonfiction Social Sciences
Intrapersonal and Social-Contextual Factors Related to Psychological Well-being among Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Homeless youth are typically defined as a group of adolescents and young adults (ages 12-24) who do not have stable dwellings, but instead live on the streets, in shelters or abandoned buildings, or in other unstable situations (e.g., doubling up with friends). Given the myriad of hardships, stressors, and marginalization faced by youth as they…
Biography Essay Humanities Journal/Diary Law/Legal Natural Sciences Nonfiction Social Sciences
“It’s kind of hard to go to the doctor’s office if you’re hated there.” A call for gender-affirming care from transgender and gender diverse adolescents in the United States
Research has identified discrimination and a lack of knowledgeable providers as major barriers for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals seeking care, which contributes to greater stress and significant health disparities affecting this population. However, research involving TGD youth is limited. The aim of this study, therefore, was to describe TGD adolescents’ experiences, concerns and…
Biography Critique Essay History Law/Legal Nonfiction Social Sciences
The Misrepresentation of Sophia Burset: The Reality of Trans Women within the Carceral State
“What I seek to tear apart at and address is the misrepresentation of Sophia Burset as a subject alone placed within a women’s detention center, when the reality for most trans women is that we on a systematic level are still today forced into men’s places of detention despite wholeheartedly identifying as women.”