I often joke to my parents that this whole “attending University” thing is an elaborate ruse for them to buy me expensive texts and books I would struggle to justify buying and marking up with notes on my own. Considering my personal academic interests in both LGBTQ theory and history, I was absolutely elated when I discovered that Susan Stryker’s groundbreaking text Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution was a required book for my classes this quarter. Stryker’s book is a lovely and accessible introduction to Western transgender history, told in a deceptively non-linear way that hooks the reader into past and present political struggles of the trans/GNC community, and clearly avoids doling out any easy answers.
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