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Masha Gessen on the Battle Over Trans Rights

The New Yorker Radio Hour

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The History of Transgender People

Being transgender in a society that understands some people are transgender is fundamentally different. Part of it is not dissimilar to homosexuality, which was something that existed but wasn't talked about until the late 60s and early 70s. The easiest way to try to wrap your mind around it is to pretend that being transgender is again something stable. But we can't distinguish it from being homosexual.

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