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INTERSEX AND TRANSGENDER HISTORIES SYLLABUS
There is pervasive confusion between intersex and transgender, as both challenge the perceived safety of a rigid sex and gender binary. Though sometimes there is overlap (some people with intersex traits might transition, for example), the two sets of interests are distinct. The articles below address a variety of historical and contemporary concerns, from the history of public bathrooms to the implications of anti-trans legislation for intersex people. All highlight the undeniable fact that intersex and transgender history matters!
- Andrea Carolina Velez-Parra, “A Surgeon’s Case in the History of Intersex Medicine in Colombia” (6/2026)
- Aurora J. Grutman, “Money in the Archives: Collection and Recollection” (1/2023)
- Elizabeth Reis, “Crying Foul: The Myriad Threats of Anti-Trans Legislation” (6/2022)
- Nikita Shepard, “‘The Relationship Between Public Morals and Public Toilets’: Christine Jorgensen and the Birth of Trans Bathroom Panic” (11/2024)
- Valerie Moyer, “Threatening the Gender Hierarchy in Women’s Sport” (7/2019)
- Barbara Chubak, “Imagining Sex Change in Early Modern Europe” (9/2017)
- Elizabeth Reis, “Our Bodies, Our Decisions: A Response to Andrew Sullivan’s NYT Essay” (7/2025)
- Lara Freidenfelds, “‘Tampon Tim’ and the Politics of Periods” (10/2024)
- Roxi Wessel, “From One to Many” (4/2026)
- Maggie Wrobleski, “Finding a Voice: Agency and Trans Issues” (2/2016)
- Elyse DeGrazier, “Pink Brain, Blue Brain: Do Opposites Attract?” (2/2016)
- Brittany Daniel, “Y’all Means All: Past and Present LGBTQ+ Rights in the South” (7/2024)
- C. Dreams, “Trans Theology: Reclaiming Christian Identity and Community Space for Trans People” (6/2023)
- Maddie Molot, “Trans Pregnancy and TikTok Activism: A Shifting Conversation” (4/2023)
- Mark Mulligan, “Flight and Flight: ‘Butch Flight,’ Trans Men, and the Elusive Question of Authenticity” (1/2018)
- Mark Mulligan, “Unmasked by the Marquess and the Male Impersonator’s Tipping Point” (2/2020)
- Jennifer Borgioli Binis, “Who Gets a Bathroom Pass? The History of School Bathrooms” (3/2017)
- Adam Turner, “Why Stonewall Needs Compton’s” (7/2015)
- Mallory Nicole Davis, “The Trouble with Transcendence: Is Defying the Gender Binary the New Racial Passing?” (1/2014)
- Tiffany K. Wayne, “Cross-Dressing: An American Pastime” (5/2013)
- Helen McBride, “British Transphobia – Alive and Well: Burchill & Moore” (2/2013)
Featured image caption: A person advertised as a spectacle for having both male and female characteristics. (Courtesy Wellcome Collection)
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