Covering American transgender history from the midtwentieth century to today<strong>Transgender History</strong> takes a chronological approach to the subject o... » 

Covering American transgender history from the midtwentieth century to todayTransgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject oftransgender history with each chapter covering major movements writings andevents. Chapters cover the transsexual and transvestite communities in theyears following World War II trans radicalism and social change which spannedfrom 1966 with the publication of The Transsexual Phenomenon and lastedthrough the early 1970s the mid70s to 1990the era of identity politics andthe changes witnessed in trans circles through these years and the genderissues witnessed through the 90s and 00s. Transgender History includesinformative sidebars highlighting quotes from major texts and speeches intransgender history and brief biographies of key players plus excerpts fromtransgender memoirs and discussion of treatments of transgenderism in popularculture. «