| Description |
xvii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Series |
LGBT thought and culture |
| Contents |
1. The Journey Begins -- 2. My Path to Consciousness -- 3. The Give Away -- 4. They Called Her "Hommasse" -- 5. Our Sacred Past -- 6. Why Bigotry Began -- 7. But They Had Slaves! -- 8. Natural Becomes "Unnatural" -- 9. "Holy War" against Trans People -- 10. Leading the Charge -- 11. Not Just Passing -- 12. From Germany to Stonewall -- 13. To Be or Not to Be -- 14. Sisterhood: Make It Real! -- 15. Making History -- Portrait Gallery -- Appendix A. International Gender Bill of Rights -- Appendix B. Transgender Organizations -- Appendix C. Transgender Publications |
| Summary |
Illustrated with many previously unpublished historical images and contemporary photographs, Transgender Warriors is an eye-opening excursion through the history of sex and gender expression and a powerful testament to the resilient and rebellious spirit |
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In this fascinating personal journey through history, Leslie Feinberg - one of the most prominent transgender rights activists today - unearths a vast body of evidence that throughout history there have always been people who defy cultural boundaries of sex and gender. During an embattled childhood and teenage years as a gender outlaw, Feinberg began a search for others struggling to assert an identity. What s/he found was a long tradition of individuals fighting back against injustice - from Joan of Arc to the Welsh peasants who cross-dressed to protest taxes, from the Black and Latina drag queens who led the Stonewall rebellion to transsexual parents fighting for custody today. Traditional society often exacted a terrible price from these transgender warriors, and Feinberg urges us now to receive them as hero/ines and visionaries |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed October 28, 2014) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-197) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Cross-dressing -- History.
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Gender identity -- History.
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Gender nonconformity -- History.
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Transsexualism -- History.
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Transgender history
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Transgender people
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Gender diversity
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| Author |
Beacon Press, publisher
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| LC no. |
95033421 |
| ISBN |
0807079405 |
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