{"product_id":"9781526192714","title":"Before Gender","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Eli Erlick\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eOf specific Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian interest | 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 | Social \u0026amp; cultural history\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 10\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e June 2025 by Manchester University Press in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 272 pages, 22 black \u0026amp; white illustrations \u003cbr\u003e242mm x 163mm x 27mm | 480g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the trailblazing lives of thirty trans people who will radically change everything you’ve been told about transgender history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Highlighting influential individuals from 1850 to 1950 who are all but unknown today, Eli Erlick shares thirty remarkable stories from romance to rebellion and mystery to murder. These narratives chronicle the grit, joy and survival of trans people long before gender became an everyday term.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Organised into four parts, paralleling today’s controversies over gender identity – kids, activists, workers and athletes – Before Gender introduces figures whose forgotten stories transform the discussion. These ground-breaking histories include two of the first teens to access gender-affirming medical treatment, a countess who instigated an LGBTQ+ riot forty years before Stonewall and the greatest female billiards player of the 1910s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Bold and visionary, Erlick’s debut uncovers these lost stories from the depths of the archives to narrate trans lives in a way that has never been attempted before. -- .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55335875084663,"sku":"9781526192714","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781526192714.jpg?v=1750329300","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781526192714","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}