Transgender Australia : a history since 1910 / Noah Riseman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riseman, Noah J., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender nonconformity--Australia--History.

Gender nonconformity.

Genre:

relief halftones (prints)

Physical Description:

x, 348 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

paper

23.4 x 15.3 cm

printing

cover polychrome

text block monochrome

cover single sided

text block double sided

perfect binding

11.5 point

positive

illustration

Manufacture:

Australia : McPherson's Printing Group, [date of manufacture not identified]

Other Title:

Trans gender Australia

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2023

Summary:

The first book on Australian trans history exploring the lives and impacts of trans and gender-diverse Australians. Trans and gender diverse people have always been present in Australian life, whether they've lived quiet lives in the country, performed in cabaret shows, worked on the streets or run for parliament. But over the last century there have been remarkable changes in how they have identified and expressed themselves. Transgender Australia is the first book to chart the changing social, medical, legal and lived experiences of trans and gender diverse people in Australia since 1910. Drawing on over a hundred oral history interviews and previously unexamined documents and media reports, it highlights how trans people have tried to live authentically while navigating a society that often treated them like outcasts. It is the first book to chart the history of gender diverse Australians, exploring both progress and ongoing battles. It is also a celebration of ways that transgender participation has enriched our lives in all its cultural diversity.

Contents:

Introduction: the Challenges of Transgender History

Imagining trans possibilites, 1910-39

Constructing trans identities in the postwar era

Beginning to orgaise

Lega recognition and anti-discrimination

Queer and trans blak, indigenous and people of colour

Trans firsts

Trans politics and organisations, 1990s-2000s

Contemporary trans affairs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780522879322

0522879322

OCLC:

1373337988

Publisher Number:

99994773915