.. it often feels like pockets of trans communities are miles away with the turbulent seas of transphobia and cisnormativity not letting us feel each others love.

I may not be a premodern historian most of the time, but this paper truly let me fall in love with a manuscript I have never read

- What could a Trans Book History Look Like?... to consider ourselves part of a 'community of touch' with the objects we handle allowing us to share 'connections across time and space' is truly beautiful for a community often living in isolation, despite a rich culture of art and shared knowledge...

thats gender queer folk naturally challenge. A lot of LGBT+ culture and communities are based in biological determinism and trying to be included in with the 'in group' rather than undermining the system that determines some identities are less than others