Trans gender liberation. A movement whose time has come. A Marxist view of when and why transgender oppression arose

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Dedicated with love to Dotty Ballan who urged me to forge my anger into a language of persuasion, but who defended me long before I had the words. I wish she’d lived to read this pamphlet. For me, her memory resonates in every word I’ve chosen.

Acknowledgment of thanks:

To Bob McCubbin for showing me how to use an old key to unlock new doors. To Preston Wood for his consistent understanding and encouragement. To the transgendered members of our Party for their clear vision and tensile strength. And to the Buffalo branch of Workers World Party for tirelessly raising consciousness about transgender and for creating a “liberated territory” where I rejuvenate when I feel battered and raw.

Illustrations:

Front cover (clockwise from top left): “cross”-dressing Mummers, rural England, c. 1900, (see p. 16); Barcheeampe (Crow “Woman Chief”), c. 1850, (p. 7); Jack Bee Garland (born Elvira Mugarrieta), c. 1897, (p. 19); transgendered prisoner, Walla Walla, c. 1970; “cross”-dressed South Indian Bhoota dancers; Conquistadors setting dogs on Native berdache, (p. 8); title page: Craig Klose; photo of author: Eugene Charrington.

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