Trans America A Counter-History

'Trans America places the recent conversation about trans issues in its historical context, in impressive depth. Sweeping across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Barry Reay provides an accessible yet comprehensive guide to the important people, places and trends, in the USA and beyond - ideal for anyone who wants to understand what came before the "Transgender Tipping Point".'
Juliet Jacques, author of Trans: A Memoir
 
'The richly varied nature of the current trans movement is so beautifully explored and uncovered in Barry Reay's new book. A pleasure to read.'
Fayette Hauser of The Cockettes
 
'This is an admirable contribution to trans history by a highly respected scholar. It is a story of shifting categorizations, often highly medicalized and limiting, but above all a narrative of agency as trans people pushed definitions to the limit, bent them, and broke them and increasingly spoke for themselves in a powerful, if not always singular, voice. It's a major achievement and deserves to become a classic.'
Jeffrey Weeks, London South Bank University
 
'This book is of very high quality. Reay is a major scholar in the field and writes with great authority and assurance.'
Thomas Laqueur, University of California at Berkeley