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Others of my kind : transatlantic transgender histories / by Alex Bakker, Rainer Herrn, Michael Thomas Taylor, and Annette F. Timm.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, [2020]Copyright date: �2020Description: xiii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 28 x 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1773851217
  • 9781773851211
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Others of my kind.DDC classification:
  • 306.76/80904 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ77.9 .B35 2020
Other classification:
  • cci1icc
Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in electronic formats.
Summary: "An illuminating look at the transatlantic, transgender community that shaped the history and study of sexuality. From the turn of the twentieth century to the 1950s, a group of transgender people on both sides of the Atlantic created communities that profoundly shaped the history and study of sexuality. By exchanging letters and pictures among themselves they established private networks of affirmation and trust, and by submitting their stories and photographs to medical journals and popular magazines they sought to educate both doctors and the public. Others of My Kind draws on archives in Europe and North America to tell the story of this remarkable transatlantic transgender community. This book uncovers threads of connection between Germany, the United States, and the Netherlands to discover the people who influenced the work of authorities like Magnus Hirschfeld, Harry Benjamin, and Alfred Kinsey not only with their clinical presentations, but also with their personal relationships. With more than 170 colour and black and white illustrations, including many stunning, previously unpublished photographs, Others of My Kind celebrates the faces, lives, and personal networks of those who drove twentieth-century transgender history."-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: Pride Month Selections
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HQ77.9 .B35 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001461903

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"An illuminating look at the transatlantic, transgender community that shaped the history and study of sexuality. From the turn of the twentieth century to the 1950s, a group of transgender people on both sides of the Atlantic created communities that profoundly shaped the history and study of sexuality. By exchanging letters and pictures among themselves they established private networks of affirmation and trust, and by submitting their stories and photographs to medical journals and popular magazines they sought to educate both doctors and the public. Others of My Kind draws on archives in Europe and North America to tell the story of this remarkable transatlantic transgender community. This book uncovers threads of connection between Germany, the United States, and the Netherlands to discover the people who influenced the work of authorities like Magnus Hirschfeld, Harry Benjamin, and Alfred Kinsey not only with their clinical presentations, but also with their personal relationships. With more than 170 colour and black and white illustrations, including many stunning, previously unpublished photographs, Others of My Kind celebrates the faces, lives, and personal networks of those who drove twentieth-century transgender history."-- Provided by publisher.

Issued also in electronic formats.

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