"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."
According to Wikipedia, Susan O'Neal Stryker (born in 1961) is an American associate professor, author, filmmaker, and theorist, known for her work on gender and human sexuality and for founding the Transgender Studies Initiative at the University of Arizona. She is the author of several books on LGBTQ history and culture.
Throughout her career, she has always sought to use her experience and education to lend power to the trans community, be a good ally, and share how others may do the same.
In her interview for Them, she said: "“To make that gender transition, you confront the possibilities and potentials and terrors and dangers of what it means to radically transform,” she says."
“It's kind of like saying, ‘Look, I know that combating climate change means we need to have a really different relationship to consumption and pleasure, and movements and relationality. You know what? As a trans person, I got you.’”
“It's like saying, ‘This is possible. Look at me.’”"
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