A Hundred Years Of Transgender History Summary

In her article “A Hundred Years of Transgender History” Stryker describes a story of transgender history. Most of her article based on a nineteenth century or the beginning of twentieth century, the time when cross-dressing policies existed, making it illegal to be transgender. Stryker provides reader with many historical evidences such as a life story of transgender woman, known as Johanna, Jenny or John, or such as the description of African-American drag ball. These example make Stryker’s point more visible and easier to compare with our current understanding of transgender life.
One of the topics, which were interesting for me in this reading was that transgender people existed so long ago, they just were not visible compared to modern