0.13. Before We Were Trans: A Convo with Kit Heyam

For this bonus episode, Leigh sat down with Dr. Kit Heyam, university lecturer, queer history activist, and trans awareness trainer, about their new book, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender . We talked about gender diversity throughout the world, the importance of getting into "messy" or not easily-categorized gender variance in queer history, and more! The book comes out in North America today (September 13, 2022), so go check it out! Where To Find Kit Online: @krheyam on Twitter Want to help us continue to make the show? Support us on Patreon and get awesome goodies, behind-the-scenes access, special minisodes, and more! We have a Discord server for everyone to hang out in, exclusive O.G. Lesbian Sappho t-shirts, Pop-Culture Tie-In movie watches, and some really fun extras coming your way! You can also get merch in our store ! Shirts, hoodies, totes, mugs, magnets, and other neat things! If you'd like to help us transcribe the show for our d/Deaf and hard of hearing fans, please head on over to to join the team of volunteers! Find our full list of sources and bonus content at . Find us on Twitter , Instagram , and Tumblr , and

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0.13. Before We Were Trans: A Convo with Kit Heyam is an episode from History is Gay by Leigh Pfeffer.

This episode is 35:44 long.

This episode was published on Sep 13, 2022.

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