Jules Gill-Peterson

Why are trans women the most targeted of LGBT people? Why are they in the crosshairs of a resurgent anti-trans politics around the world? And what is to be done about it by activists, organisers, and allies? A Short History of Trans Misogyny is the first book-length study to answer these urgent but long overdue questions. Combining new historical analysis...

Award-winning historian Jules Gill-Peterson's richly detailed narrative takes us from New York, London, and Paris to the colonial districts of the British Raj, the Philippines, and Hawai'i to tell a richly detailed story of the emergence of trans misogyny. A Short History of Trans Misogyny provides an insightful exploration of how trans women's lives have been historically shaped by societal...