What We Can Learn From The Graphic Novel Trans History

What can’t be erased by the Spanish Inquisition, the Nazis or 2020s Right Wing

I’ve been looking forward to this book. LGBTQ+ is vast, but there’s a lot that I don’t know despite being out of the closet for two decades. Despite getting a fairly liberal education, I didn’t luck out in the single Gender and Sexuality class that I took in high school. So most of what I know is self-taught or from social media.

Trans History acknowledges the difficulty in putting forth a historical record with accurate details. Much of the knowledge comes from archaeological finds, oral or written accounts, and culture. Anthropologists and historians have to make educated guesses. But non-cis people have been around forever, these records show, and they are here to stay.

Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett

While “trans” and “transgender” are relatively new terms in the Western lexicon, genderfluid and noncoforming people have existed since the beginning of time. We have the hijra people mentioned in the Ramayana, the Roman galli who worshipped the mother goddess Cybele, and more!