Transgender warriors : making history from Joan of Arc to RuPaul / Leslie Feinberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feinberg, Leslie, 1949-2014.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transness--History.

Transness.

Cross-dressing--History.

Cross-dressing.

Gender identity--History.

Gender identity.

History.

Transsexualism.

Physical Description:

xvii, 212 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, [1996]

Summary:

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. Illustrated with many previously unpublished historical images and contemporary photographs, Transgender Warriors is an eye-opening excursion through the history of sex and gender expression and a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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [194]-197) and index.

ISBN:

0807079405

OCLC:

33014093