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Gene Demby, NPR, B.A. Parker, NPR, Jess Kung, NPR, Xavier Lopez, NPR, Leah Donnella, NPR, Christina Cala, NPR, Courtney Stein, NPR, Lori Lizarraga, NPR and Veralyn Williams, NPR

The history of trans misogyny is the history of segregation

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Author Jules Gill-Peterson poses next to her book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny
Author Jules Gill-Peterson poses next to her book, “A Short History of Trans Misogyny”
Headshot by Kadji Amin and book cover design by Angela Lorenzo for Verso

Trans women have become culturally associated with the violence they face, both in sympathy and stigma. The historian Jules Gill-Peterson looks to how that came to be in her book, “A Short History of Trans Misogyny.” This week, we talk about how panics around trans femininity are shaped by wider forces of colonialism, segregation, and class interests.

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