Queer Book Club: Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
Schedule
Sat Feb 21 2026 at 03:00 pm to 04:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Rainy Day Paperback | Bethel, CT
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Participate in Bethel CT Pride's book discussion in person or online!About this Event
Book club is now in-person at Rainy Day Paperback Exchange! But you can always drop in and leave comments about the book whenever you have time, or reply to other people's comments.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Before We Were Trans by Kit Heyam
Today’s narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories, while important, fail to account for the complex realities of many trans people’s lives.
Before We Were Trans illuminates the stories of people across the globe, from antiquity to the present, whose experiences of gender have defied binary categories. Blending historical analysis with sharp cultural criticism, trans historian and activist Kit Heyam chronicles expressions of trans experience that are often left out of the historical record. Drawing on their own experience of transition and gender nonbinarism, Heyam reveals that what constitutes a man, a woman, or gender itself has continually been defined, contested, and redefined.
A groundbreaking, radically inclusive trans history, Before We Were Trans reflects the richness of modern trans reality more closely than any previously written—and looks to the past to uncover new horizons for possible trans futures.
You can pick up the book from Rainy Day Paperback Exchange or get the audio version from Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781668612675-before-we-were-trans?bookstore=rainydaypaperback
Accessibility info:
Parking and bathrooms nearby. No ramp access to shop. Small set of steps to entrance. During warming months, call ahead to see if bookclub will be outdoors or indoors. If outdoors, noise may be loud / close to road.
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Rainy Day Paperback, 81 Greenwood Avenue, Bethel, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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