The trans panic has not always been with us: it was invented

Award-winning historian Jules Gill-Peterson's richly detailed narrative takes us from New York, London, and Paris to the colonial districts of the British Raj, the Philippines, and Hawai'i to tell a richly detailed story of the emergence of trans misogyny.

"Reading A Short History of Trans Misogyny, one can feel Gill-Peterson going to lengths to animate and honour the rich lives of the femmes she writes about through archival research." - Gay Times

"[Gill-Peterson] gives us a much-needed account of the genesis of trans misogyny and its subsequent history." - Nation

"Gill-Peterson's analysis enables us to think both more concretely and more ambitiously. In order to effectively counter the current surge of anti-trans legislation, we will need to follow her lead." - Yale Review