The Long Transition

Reconstruction and The Criminalization of Transition in the 1870s

Is There a History of Anti-Transgender Discrimination? (Part IV)

Mar 7 • Jules Gill-Peterson

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February 2026

The First Anti-Crossdressing Laws

Is There a History of Anti-Transgender Discrimination? (Part III)

Feb 14 • Jules Gill-Peterson

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January 2026

The Strange Case of Sumptuary Laws

Is There a History of Anti-Transgender Discrimination? (Part II)

Jan 31 • Jules Gill-Peterson

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Do Transgender Rights Hinge on Antebellum Laws?

Is There a History of Anti-Transgender Discrimination? (Introduction)

Jan 17 • Jules Gill-Peterson

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It's a Relaunch!

I'm back with an exciting new series and regular format.

Jan 10 • Jules Gill-Peterson

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December 2024

April 2024

The Logic of Protection

The fantasy that love is enough shrinks pro-trans politics down to nothing.

Apr 17, 2024 • Jules Gill-Peterson

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March 2024

The Un-importance of Wearing Clothes

...and the problem of "social transition" as a private right.

Mar 6, 2024 • Jules Gill-Peterson

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February 2024

Detransition is a Mythology

(for Readers of the New York Times)

Feb 6, 2024 • Jules Gill-Peterson

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May 2023

Transgender Compromise

The Right and the Architects of Trans Inclusion Agree that Trans Girls Can't Play

May 3, 2023 • Jules Gill-Peterson

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February 2023

The Left Hand of the Law

Anti-Drag Law's Policing Ought to Inform Political Responses

Feb 27, 2023 • Jules Gill-Peterson

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December 2022

Toward a Trans History of Abortion

Letting go of the analogy between transition and abortion also tells a better story of trans men and women's shared struggles--and differences.

Dec 21, 2022 • Jules Gill-Peterson

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