Gender and Sexuality Studies

Recent movers and shakers in gender and sexuality studies.

Updated February 27, 2026
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MARSHA: THE JOY AND DEFIANCE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON
Tourmaline.
Paper Book
'Thank god the revolution has begun, honey.' Rumour has it that after legendary Black transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson threw the first brick in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, she picked up a shard of broken mirror to fix her make-up. This fearless moment embodies both the beauty and violence of...
BEFORE GENDER: LOST STORIES FROM TRANS HISTORY, 1850-1950
Erlick, Eli.
Paper Book
Explore the trailblazing lives of 30 trans people who radically change everything you've been told about transgender history Highlighting influential individuals from 1850-1950 who are all but unknown today, Eli Erlick shares 30 remarkable stories from romance to rebellion and...
So many stars : An oral history of trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and two-spirit people of color
Paper Book
From the acclaimed novelist, a first-of-its-kind, deeply personal, and moving oral history of a generation of trans and gender nonconforming elders of color--from leading activists to artists to ordinary citizens--who tell their own stories of breathtaking courage, cultural...
Hermaphrodite logic : a history of intersex liberation
Gleeson, Juliana
Ebook
How the intersex liberation movement exposed medical harms and became an inspiration to rethink sex and gender HERMAPHRODITE LOGIC is a bold examination of intersex liberation. Juliana Gleeson reveals how a move-ment challenged systemic medical abuses to reshape our understanding...
Erased : A History of International Thought Without Men
Owens, Patricia.
Ebook
How a field built on the intellectual labor and expertise of women erased them The academic field of international relations presents its own history as largely a project of elite white men. And yet women played a prominent role in the creation of this new cross-disciplinary...
Feminism in the Wild : How Human Biases Shape Our Understanding of Animal Behavior
Kamath, Ambika.
Ebook
How dominant culture--from sexism and homophobia to racism, capitalism, ableism, and more--has limited the science of animal behavior, and how we can free ourselves from these limited perspectives. In Feminism in the Wild, Ambika Kamath and Melina Packer reveal how...
LOVE IN EXILE
FAYE, SHON, 1988-
Paper Book
A Sunday Times (London) bestseller. Named a Best Book of 2025 by Vulture, Dazed, and Vogue. "Uncommonly wise and honest. Love in Exile flooded me with a sense of continuity and hope. A masterpiece from start to finish." --Maggie Nelson,...
The Double Tax : How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid
Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, Anna.
Ebook
*LA Times Best Science Book of 2025* As seen on NBC NEWS, ABC NEWS, CBS MORNINGS, ESSENCE, FORBES, NPR, and more Why is it so expensive to be a woman in America? From a rising star in economics comes the first comprehensive look at the costs women face and why the bill...
Sex is a spectrum : the biological limits of the binary
Fuentes, Agustín
Ebook
Why human biology is far more expansive than the simple categories of female and male Being human entails an astonishingly complex interplay of biology and culture, and while there are important differences between women and men, there is a lot more variation and overlap than...
Imperial Sexism: Why Culture and Women's Rights Don't Clash
Walsh
Ebook
SICK AND DIRTY: HOLLYWOOD'S GAY GOLDEN AGE AND THE MAKING OF MODERN QUEERNESS
KORESKY, MICHAEL
Paper Book
Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Nonfiction AN ALLSTORA'S QUEER HISTORY 101 BOOK CLUB PICK "An absorbing landmark of film criticism." --The Chicago Tribune, "The 10 Best Books of the Year" A blazingly...
Motherdom : Breaking Free from Bad Science and Good Mother Myths
Bollen, Alex.
Ebook
Blaming, shaming and flimsy evidence: welcome to the ugly world of Good Mother myths When Alex Bollen had her first baby, the fear of being a bad mother made her guilty and anxious. A researcher with twenty years' experience, she went looking for answers. To her surprise the...
Man Up : The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism
Miller-Idriss, Cynthia.
Ebook
The revelatory and urgent story of how an explosion of misogyny is driving a surge of mass and far-right violence throughout the West--from an internationally recognized extremism expert and media commentator What two things do most mass shooters, terrorists, or violent...

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