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10 Years, Still Here, TransBareAll

Title: TransBareAll: 10 years, still hereAuthor: edited by Michelle Green and Lee GalePublisher: Bare Naked BooksPublished: 2022Pages: 288Format: Hardback This book was a kind donation from TransBareAll. Against the roar of destructive noise, the minds behind TransBareAll decided to mark 10 years of work by speaking for themselves, on their own terms, at a time…

The Castrato and His Wife, Helen Berry

Title: The Castrato and His WifeAuthor: Helen BerryPublisher: Oxford University PressPublished: 2011Pages: 312Format: Paperback This book was a kind donation. The opera singer Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci was one of the most famous celebrities of the eighteenth century. Mozart and J. C. Bach both composed for him. He was nothing less than a rock star of…

Trangender Studies Quarterly: Decolonizing the Transgender Imaginary

Journal: Transgender Studies QuarterlyIssue: Volume 1, Number 3Title: The Intersex IssueSpecial Issue Editors: Aren Z. Aizura, Trystan Cotten, Carsten Balzar/ Carla LaGata, Marcia Ochoa, Salvador Vidal-OrtizPublisher: Duke University PressPublished: August 2014Pages: 466