Black on Both Sides // A Racial History of Trans Identity

Black on Both Sides // A Racial History of Trans Identity

C. Riley Snorton • University of Minnesota Press

ISBN-10: 1517901731 · ISBN-13: 978‑1517901738 · 2017 · First Edition, 11th Printing

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C. Riley Snorton examines the intersection of Blackness and transness, tracing how racialized gender and slavery have shaped the historical construction of transgender identity. By analyzing a diverse archive ranging from nineteenth-century fugitive slave narratives to contemporary media, the text challenges the erasure of African American figures from the established trans canon. This scholarly work provides a critical framework for understanding the systemic links between anti-Blackness and anti-trans violence.

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