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5feet_of_fury 's review for:
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
by Kit Heyam
I enjoyed certain sections above others.
This book discusses trans history while acknowledging the blurry divide between gender roles/the status of women, gay history, intersex people and religious practices. the sections on precolonial societies & spirituality were particularly interesting and cohesive.
1 section I disagreed with the authors conclusion, seemed to be a large leap in logic to include it (the internment camp) & the author goes out of their way to include an intersex person who clearly did not consider themself trans. It’s mentioned earlier that there is limited information & blanks are reasonably filled in most other places, but there was enough to exclude this party based on their own words.
This book discusses trans history while acknowledging the blurry divide between gender roles/the status of women, gay history, intersex people and religious practices. the sections on precolonial societies & spirituality were particularly interesting and cohesive.
1 section I disagreed with the authors conclusion, seemed to be a large leap in logic to include it (the internment camp) & the author goes out of their way to include an intersex person who clearly did not consider themself trans. It’s mentioned earlier that there is limited information & blanks are reasonably filled in most other places, but there was enough to exclude this party based on their own words.