I had a rather frustrating conversation with someone a few days ago where they were quite adamant that transgender did not exist more than 20 years ago. I was all…
Well, i say adamant but he couldn’t quite commit to 20 years or 30 years but the point is it seems a common tactic to demonise the trans community by dismissing it as a ‘modern phenomenon’ or some such bullshit. The conversation then strayed into very TERF territory and me trying to explain that he might be suffering from a case of straight, white male privilege which never goes down well.
Anyway, what i came to realise about myself is how much i’m lacking in knowledge of trans history and i was curious if anyone had some good trans history books they could recommend.
