Table of Contents
Introduction: 'I had a gown on in a lark': what is trans history? 1
Author's note: Writing trans history differently 29
1 'The majesty of Him my daughter': Colonising gender roles in West Africa 33
2 'She liked me in my greatcoat and hat': Fashion and trans panic in early modern Europe 63
3 'I took especial pleasure in masquerade costumes': Living and performing as women in First World War internment camps 91
4 'A feminine soul confined by a masculine body': The entangled history of gay and trans experience 123
5 'I am both man and woman': Defiant bodies in early America and beyond 153
6 'Because of the manifestation of Spirit': Gender, spirituality and survival in North America and South Asia 189
Epilogue: Now we are trans 219
Acknowledgements 231
Bibliography 235
Notes 269
Index 331