Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity

Categories: History, LGBTQ+ Books

C. Riley Snorton traces the intertwined histories of blackness and transness in the United States, from nineteenth-century slavery and medical experimentation to contemporary trans lives, showing how race shaped the category of gender.

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