Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender Journalist Biographies mainstream medicine has failed to

mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of aging that kill most people: heart disease

the feeling of home starts in the kitchen

From Eirík Bloodaxe

or at least childhood as “a period of life cordoned off from that of full maturity

In this elegant and incisive account

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender Journalist Biographies mainstream medicine has failed toA vital (New York Times Book Review), groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Todays narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories, while important, fail to account for the complex realities of many trans peoples lives. Before We Were Trans illuminates the stories of people across the globe, from antiquity to the present, whose