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Academic discipline
Transgender studies, also called trans studies or trans* studies, is an interdisciplinary field of academic research dedicated to the study of gender
Transgender_studies
Gender identity differing from sex assigned at birth
A transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth
Transgender
Attraction on the basis of sexual desire towards transgender individuals
combination of these. Publications in the field of transgender studies have investigated the attraction transgender individuals can feel for each other. The people
Attraction to transgender people
Attraction_to_transgender_people
Characterization of discrimination against trans people
Transgender genocide or trans genocide (also transgendercide) describes the targeting of transgender people as part of wider genocides, as well as describe
Transgender_genocide
Sexuality of transgender people
Transgender people exhibit the same range of sexual orientations as the general public, but are much less likely to identify as straight. Studies of
Transgender_sexuality
Movement originating within radical feminism
known as gender-critical feminism, is a subset of feminism that rejects transgender and non-binary identities. Trans-exclusionary radical feminists believe
Trans-exclusionary radical feminism
Trans-exclusionary_radical_feminism
Branch of feminism
trans feminism, is a branch of feminism focused on transgender women and informed by transgender studies. Transfeminism focuses on the effects of transmisogyny
Transfeminism
Interdisciplinary field of study
women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. Queer studies, men's studies and transgender studies are sub-fields of Gender studies. Its
Gender_studies
Approach to archaeological theory and practice
Transgender archaeology is an approach to the study of archaeology which focuses on critiquing dominant views of archaeology rooted in binary gender,
Transgender_archaeology
Accounts of transgender people (including non-binary and third gender people) have been documented in cultures worldwide as early as 1200 BCE in Egypt
Transgender_history
Pornography genre
Transgender pornography is a genre of pornography featuring transsexual or transgender actors. The majority of the genre features trans women, but trans
Transgender_pornography
Academic journal
TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering transgender studies, with an emphasis on cultural studies and
Transgender_Studies_Quarterly
Children and adolescents who are transgender
Transgender youth are children or adolescents who do not identify with the gender associated with the sex they were assigned at birth. Because transgender
Transgender_youth
Transgender rights in Iran are limited, with a narrow degree of official recognition of transgender identities by the government, but with trans individuals
Transgender_rights_in_Iran
Transgender-focused research chair in Canada
The Chair in Transgender Studies is the world's first research chair focused on the study of transgender individuals, issues, and history. It is housed
Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria
Chair_in_Transgender_Studies_at_the_University_of_Victoria
2018 book by Jules Gill-Peterson
Histories of the Transgender Child is a 2018 transgender studies book by the transgender author and academic Jules Gill-Peterson. The book is an exploration
Histories of the Transgender Child
Histories_of_the_Transgender_Child
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), formerly the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA), is
World Professional Association for Transgender Health
World_Professional_Association_for_Transgender_Health
American historian and author (born 1961)
professor of Gender and Women's Studies, former director of the Institute for LGBT Studies, and founder of the Transgender Studies Initiative at the University
Susan_Stryker
Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against transgender men
Discrimination against transgender men and transmasculine individuals is sometimes referred to as anti-transmasculinity, transandrophobia, or transmisandry
Discrimination against transgender men
Discrimination_against_transgender_men
Sexual and gender minorities
LGBTQ people are individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. Other individuals are often included in the group, such as questioning
LGBTQ_people
Anti-transgender prejudice
Transphobia consists of negative attitudes, feelings, or actions towards transgender or transsexual people, or transness in general. Transphobia can include
Transphobia
Development of offspring by transgender people
Transgender pregnancy is the gestation of one or more embryos or fetuses by transgender people. This is possible for those born with female reproductive
Transgender_pregnancy
The early 21st century has seen a rise of anti-transgender sentiment in the United Kingdom and increasing organisation in support of it. The most common
Anti-transgender movement in the United Kingdom
Anti-transgender_movement_in_the_United_Kingdom
Historical accounts of transgender people in the land now known as the United States of America date back to at least the early 1600s. Before Western
Transgender history in the United States
Transgender_history_in_the_United_States
Health care of transgender individuals
to help a transgender individual conform to their desired gender identity. In the 1920s, physician Magnus Hirschfeld conducted formal studies to understand
Transgender_health_care
been studied for decades, but are generally not well-understood. Transgender brain studies are limited, particularly those on gynephilic trans women (attracted
Causes_of_gender_incongruence
1886 book by Richard von Krafft-Ebing
Contrary Sexual Instinct: A Medico-Legal Study". In Stryker, Susan; Whittle, Stephen (eds.). The Transgender Studies Reader. London, New York: Routledge,
Psychopathia_Sexualis
Canadian historian and writer
received the 2019 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction. She is a general co-editor of Transgender Studies Quarterly, and was previously a research
Jules_Gill-Peterson
Gender identity descriptor
importance in transgender studies since the 1990s. After the terms cisgender and cissexual were used in a 2006 article in the Journal of Lesbian Studies and Serano's
Cisgender
Legal recognition of civil and human rights for transgender people
status of transgender people varies significantly around the world. Some countries have enacted laws protecting the rights of transgender individuals
Legal status of transgender people
Legal_status_of_transgender_people
Study of topics relating to sexual orientation and gender identity
Queer studies, sexual diversity studies, or LGBTQ studies are an interdisciplinary field in the study of topics relating to sexual orientation and gender
Queer_studies
U.S. nonprofit organization
The Center for Applied Transgender Studies (CATS) is an independent nonprofit research organization founded in 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. The organization
Center for Applied Transgender Studies
Center_for_Applied_Transgender_Studies
American writer, scholar, and archivist
from the American Studies Association (2014) Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies from the Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies at the City University
Che_Gossett
Transgender history dates back to the first recorded instances of transgender individuals in ancient civilizations. However, the word transgenderism did
Timeline of transgender history
Timeline_of_transgender_history
Feminist views on transgender topics vary widely. Third- and fourth-wave feminists tend to view trans rights as an integral part of intersectional feminism
Feminist views on transgender topics
Feminist_views_on_transgender_topics
LGBTQ+ communication studies (also called queer communication studies, transgender communication studies) is a field of research and teaching in the discipline
LGBTQ_communication_studies
Transgender people are individuals who identify as a gender that differs from their sex assigned at birth. In some non-Western, ancient or medieval societies
List_of_transgender_people
British YouTuber (born 1994)
masculine ways from an early age. At the age of 16, he realized he was transgender after watching a documentary involving a trans man and relating to their
Jamie_Raines
Application of heterosexual norms to LGBTQ culture
"Performativity". TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. 1 (1–2): 149. doi:10.1215/23289252-2399866. ISSN 2328-9252. Stryker, Susan. 2008. "Transgender History, Homonormativity
Homonormativity
2025 transfeminist book by Talia Bhatt
Talia Bhatt, originally posted to her Substack. The book argues for a transgender reclamation of radical feminism and a deconstruction of third gender
Trans/Rad/Fem
"From Multiracial to Transgender?: Assessing Attitudes toward Expanding Gender Options on the US Census". TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. 2 (1): 77–100
List_of_gender_identities
Slang term used for a feminine male
and external transphobia, alongside "the unique stigma" experienced by transgender women. She sees the femboy as a "self-made effeminate phenomenon" opposing
Femboy
the risk of suicide in LGBTQ people. Numerous studies have shown that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth have a higher rate of suicide attempts
Suicide_among_LGBTQ_people
Intersection of transphobia and misogyny, experienced by transfeminine individuals
population. A study of discrimination directed against lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, transgender and intersex women in Ecuador found that transgender women
Transmisogyny
Journal of Transgender Health (1998–present) Transgender Health (2016–present) Transgender Studies Quarterly (2014–present) List of transgender-related topics
List of transgender publications
List_of_transgender_publications
Flags and symbols used by the LGBTQ community
The combined male-female symbol (⚦) is used to represent androgyne or transgender people; when additionally combined with the female (♀) and male (♂) symbols
LGBTQ_symbols
2008 book by Susan Stryker
transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to the present", that would be an "important addition to any gender studies, gay/lesbian studies or
Transgender_History_(book)
Literary genre
Transgender literature is a collective term used to designate the literary production that addresses, has been written by or portrays people of diverse
Transgender_literature
American writer (born 1992)
academic journals including Differences, Women & Performance, and Transgender Studies Quarterly. Chu's first book, Females, was published in 2019 by Verso
Andrea_Long_Chu
Cohort study of health
The Study of Transition, Outcomes, and Gender (STRONG) is a cohort study of health in transgender people before and during or after gender-affirming treatments
Study of Transition, Outcomes, and Gender
Study_of_Transition,_Outcomes,_and_Gender
Slang term
(February 1, 2022). ""The Transgender Craze Seducing Our [Sons]"; or, All the Trans Guys Are Just Dating Each Other". Transgender Studies Quarterly. Cameron
Daddy_(slang)
Theory in feminism and sociology
contemporary queer theory and transgender studies (among others), but continues to create tensions in the critical study of men and masculinities. Feminist
Social_construction_of_gender
American academic and activist (born 1970)
trans-agender. Miller was disowned by Miller's father after coming out as transgender. Miller has held teaching positions at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Sj_Miller
Characteristics of the brain that differentiate the male brain and the female brain
psychiatric conditions. Early postmortem studies investigating neurological differentiation in transgender individuals focused primarily on sexually
Neuroscience of sex differences
Neuroscience_of_sex_differences
Concept asserting heterosexuality as the only social norm
prominently by Lisa Duggan in 2003, although transgender studies scholar Susan Stryker, in her article "Transgender History, Homonormativity, and Disciplinary"
Heteronormativity
Terms used in medicine and psychiatry
The classification of transgender people (transgender women specifically[citation needed]) into distinct groups has been attempted since the mid-1960s
Classification of transgender people
Classification_of_transgender_people
Appeal to norms that enforce the gender binary and gender essentialism
cisgenderism originated in trans studies in order to distinguish transphobia at an interpersonal level from anti-transgender prejudice at a cultural or systemic
Cisgenderism
German-American endocrinologist and sexologist (1885–1986)
endocrinologist and sexologist, widely known for his clinical work with transgender people. Benjamin was born in Berlin, and raised in a German Lutheran
Harry_Benjamin
Spanish writer, philosopher and curator (born 1970)
age of punk capitalism" in Stryker, Susan, and Aren Z. Aizura. The Transgender Studies Reader 2. 2013. OCLC 824120014 Manifiesto contrasexual (Countersexual
Paul_B._Preciado
Use of hypnosis in erotic practices and fetishism
further sexual exploration." Another article in Transgender Studies Quarterly found that for transgender women, these videos "create space for viewers to
Erotic_hypnosis
American-Canadian sexologist (born 1945)
Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), the largest association of medical professionals who provide care for transgender people, as lacking empirical
Ray_Blanchard
American artist (born 1936)
transgender and is considered a founder of the academic discipline of transgender studies. On March 5, 2024, she became the first openly transgender woman
Sandy_Stone_(artist)
Canadian academic (born 1979)
Disability Studies, 10, 2, 2016, p. 155-172. Alexandre Baril, Francophone Trans/Feminisms: Absence, Silence, Emergence, TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly
Alexandre_Baril
1966 medical textbook by Harry Benjamin
terms of trans visibility in the medical field and set the stage for transgender studies in the modern day. As a note, throughout his work, Benjamin defines
The_Transsexual_Phenomenon
largest metropolitan transgender population in the world and is often called the "trans capital of the world ". The transgender community was estimated
Transgender culture of New York City
Transgender_culture_of_New_York_City
Transgender person who works in the sex industry
listed, some studies suggest that sex workers who engage in street-based work have a higher risk for experiencing these issues. Transgender sex workers
Transgender_sex_workers
American physician
its closure in July 2025. Olson-Kennedy has co-authored multiple studies on transgender youth. She has served as a frequent expert witness in court cases
Johanna_Olson-Kennedy
American psychiatrist, writer and commentator
San Francisco. He has published studies showing that gender identity conversion therapies (attempts to make transgender people cisgender) are widespread
Jack_Turban
American academic, LGBT+ activist
Masculinity (1998). His work focuses largely on feminism and queer and transgender identities in popular culture. Since 2017, Halberstam has been a professor
Jack_Halberstam
New Zealand psychologist and sexologist (1921–2006)
by suicide following his twin brother's suicide. Money believed that transgender people had an idée fixe, and established the Johns Hopkins Gender Identity
John_Money
False claims about trans people committing violence
States population over the age of 13 identify as transgender. Shootings with a confirmed transgender or non-binary perpetrator: 5 (0.09%) All other shootings:
Misinformation about violence by transgender people
Misinformation_about_violence_by_transgender_people
American author (born 1958)
Jennifer Finney Boylan (born June 22, 1958) is an American author, transgender activist, professor at Barnard College, and a former contributing opinion
Jennifer_Finney_Boylan
Political scientist and author
work in transgender studies examines the politics of sex classification by governments. His book, Sex Is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity
Paisley_Currah
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in prison face difficulties which non-LGBTQ prisoners and non-incarcerated LGBTQ people do
LGBTQ_people_in_prison
Slang used predominantly among the LGBTQ community
as transgender. The equivalent for a transgender woman is "boymoder" lady boy – English translation of kathoey, similar or equivalent to transgender woman
LGBTQ_slang
The transgender rights movement is a movement to promote the legal status of transgender people and to eliminate discrimination and violence against transgender
Transgender_rights_movement
Canadian sociologist (born 1951)
for his work in transgender studies. Devor has taught at the University of Victoria since 1989 and is the former dean of graduate studies. He is the inaugural
Aaron_Devor
British physician, eugenicist, writer and social reformer (1859–1939)
works on a variety of sexual practices and inclinations, as well as on transgender psychology. He developed the notions of narcissism and autoeroticism
Havelock_Ellis
Term for sexual and gender minorities
their more fluid identities." Recent studies have found that 5–20% of non-heterosexuals and 21–36% of transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming
Queer
American civil rights attorney
Richard M. Juang, and Minter co-edited Transgender RIghts, which was a finalist for the 2007 Lambda Award for Transgender Literature. In 2009 Minter was the
Shannon_Minter
2024 non-fiction book by Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift
2026-06-24. Cull, Matthew J. (May 2026). "A Plea for Pluralism". Transgender Studies Quarterly. 13 (2): 222–227. doi:10.1215/23289252-12303113. ISSN 2328-9252
Trans Femme Futures: Abolitionist Ethics for Transfeminist Worlds
Trans_Femme_Futures:_Abolitionist_Ethics_for_Transfeminist_Worlds
American scholar, author, and activist
their "18 Transgender People You Should Know". Snorton is a highly sought after speaker and considered one of the leading voices in Black studies and cultural
C._Riley_Snorton
Transsexuality theory
of transsexual studies. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-05899-5. Engdahl, Ulrica (May 2014). "Wrong Body". TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. 1 (1–2):
Wrong-body_narrative
Foundational essay in transgender studies
founding text of transgender studies in academia, with other critical transgender works emerging after it. The essay examines how transgender women have historically
The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto
The_Empire_Strikes_Back:_A_Posttranssexual_Manifesto
slogans that have been used in order to demean lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people. Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric is widely considered a
Anti-LGBTQ_rhetoric
Lawyer, writer and transgender activist
Dean Spade (born 1977) is an American lawyer, transgender activist, writer, and associate professor of law at Seattle University School of Law. Since
Dean_Spade
Acronym for trans-exclusionary radical feminist
First recorded in 2008, the term TERF was originally used to distinguish transgender-inclusive feminists from a group of radical feminists who reject the
TERF_(acronym)
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer
LGBTQ is an initialism for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer. LGBTQ and related initialisms are umbrella terms, originating in the United
LGBTQ_(term)
Sexual attraction to people regardless of sex or gender identity
developed by bisexual-identified transgender and genderqueer people on the one hand, and non-bi-identified transgender and genderqueer people on the other
Pansexuality
Japanese-American activist (1975–2026)
Transfeminist Manifesto", which has been republished in several transgender studies anthologies and journals. She was a founder of the advocacy group
Emi_Koyama
Attraction to fictional characters
connected to ideologies that exclude transgender people. Kazuki Fujitaka, associate professor of feminist/queer studies at Kyoto Sangyo University, highly
Fictosexuality
Classification of transgender people Anima and animus Feminism Transfeminism Feminist views on transgender topics Gender studies Queer studies Queer theory
Outline_of_transgender_topics
British sociologist and gender studies scholar
Particularity to Queer Studies of Transgender". Journal of Gender Studies. 15 (1): 49–66. Hines, Sally (April 2006). "Intimate Transitions: Transgender Practices of
Sally_Hines
2007 book on transgender issues by Julia Serano
manifesto that makes the case that transphobia is rooted in sexism and that transgender activism is a feminist movement. The book has been translated into Japanese
Whipping_Girl
Academic journal
for Transgender Health and the University of Nottingham) Transgender Studies Quarterly "IJTH – WPATH". World Professional Association for Transgender Health
International Journal of Transgender Health
International_Journal_of_Transgender_Health
Canadian academic and activist
published Banning transgender conversion practices: a legal and policy analysis, a book about conversion therapy for transgender people. It studies how these
Florence_Ashley
Woman assigned male at birth
A trans woman or transgender woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Many trans women experience gender dysphoria, the distress that can arise
Trans_woman
LGBTQ people who have not disclosed their sexual orientation or gender identity
allow a skeleton to come out of the closet. One linguistic study suggests that the transgender community may use different vocabulary to refer to the disclosure
Closeted
Social and political issue in the U.S.
Violence against transgender people in the United States includes sexual and physical violence against transgender people, and which may, on occasion
Violence against transgender people in the United States
Violence_against_transgender_people_in_the_United_States
Academic journal
International Journal of Transgender Health Transgender Studies Quarterly List of transgender publications "Transgender Health". Transgender Health. Mary Ann
Transgender_Health
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