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Before Gender

Eli Erlick

This ground-breaking book rewrites trans history, presenting the stories of thirty extraordinary trans people who lived between 1850 and 1950. Featuring kids, activists, workers and athletes, it reveals the reality of trans lives in an era before the concept of gender became an everyday term.

GenresTrans people

281 pages, 5 editions

English edition · First published 2025 by Manchester University Press · ISBN 9781526192721

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Editions

5 editions

English

  • Before Gender · Manchester University Press · 2025 · ISBN 9781526192721 This page
  • Before Gender: Lost Stories From Trans History 1850-1950 · Manchester University Press · 2025 · ISBN 9781526192707
  • Before Gender: Lost Stories From Trans History, 1850-1950 · Beacon Press · 2025 · ISBN 9780807017340
  • Before Gender: Lost Stories From Trans History, 1850-1950 · Beacon Press · 2025 · ISBN 9780807017357
  • Before Gender: Lost Stories From Trans History 1850-1950 · Manchester university press · 2025 · ISBN 9781526192714

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