Before We Were Trans: A History of Gender By Kit Heyam

Object/Artifact

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Museum of Transology

Book entitled "Before We Were trans: A NEW History of Gender" by Kit Heyam. The books spine is magenta and the cover features an old black and white photo of some formally dressed people. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.

Book entitled "Before We Were trans: A NEW History of Gender" by Kit Heyam. The books spine is magenta and the cover features an old black and white photo of some formally dressed people. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.

Name/Title

Before We Were Trans: A History of Gender By Kit Heyam

Entry/Object ID

MOT/2024/NDOTC/LEED/018

Tags

National Day of Trans Collecting, Leeds, Book, History

Collection

National Day of Trans Collecting

Category

Publications

Dimensions

Height

207 mm

Width

145 mm

Depth

20 mm

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Notes

Bishopsgate Institute, London

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Tag Transcription

Notes

I wrote 'Before We Were Trans' (2022) because our narrow, damaging standards of what makes someone 'really trans' were narrowing + damaging our history too. We can do trans history in an ethical, caring, anti-racist way. Conversations with other trans historians made me realise that.