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True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Emily Skidmore

Introduction: Harry Gorman's Buffalo -- The last female husband: new boundaries of identity in the late nineteenth century -- Beyond community: rural lives of trans men -- "The trouble that clothes make": whiteness and acceptability -- Gender transgressions in the age of U.S. empire -- To have and to hold: trans husbands in the early twentieth century -- Conclusion: Kenneth Lisonbee's Eureka

Gender & SexualityGender & Sexuality · medium confidenceGender & Sexuality81 signalsLlm Classifier: Gender & Sexuality -> Gender & SexualityGoogle Books: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: Gender & Sexuality -> Gender & SexualityLGBTQ History & LifeEmpire & ColonialismGender & Feminism

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
PROSE Award for U.S. History2018WinnerOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Harry Gorman76%
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    • Kenneth Lisonbee62%

  2. 02 Central places

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    • Buffalo74%
    • U.S. empire36%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    68 / 100 academic

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 34%.