History Resources
This page provides access to:
- A selection of new history e-books (if you would like to find older e-books, or books in print, please use the UNT Libraries Catalog),
- The JSTOR database to locate primary source material and academic research, and
- A selection of web resources including timelines and some general websites related to history.
If you need help with your research, please contact the Women's and Gender Studies/LGBTQ Studies Librarian, Julie Leuzinger (she/her/hers).
NOTE: While we have tried to use inclusive language in this guide, if you notice anything that could be improved, please don't hesitate to contact us with suggestions.
History e-books
Before trans: three gender stories from nineteenth-century France by Call Number: HQ77.7 .M47 2020ISBN: 9781503612358Publication Date: 2020
Female Husbands: a trans history by Call Number: HQ77.9.M26 2020ISBN: 9781108652834Publication Date: 2020
The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes: and the unwritten history of the trans experience by Call Number: RC883 .P53ISBN: 9781982139483Publication Date: 2021
Nepantla Squared: transgender mestiz@ histories in times of global shift by Call Number: HQ77.9 .H438 2020ISBN: 9781496222411Publication Date: 2020
Sporting Gender: the history, science, and stories of transgender and intersex athletes by Call Number: GV708.8 .H37ISBN: 1538112973Publication Date: 2020
Trans historical: gender plurality before the modern by Call Number: HQ77.9 .T73ISBN: 1501759523Publication Date: 2021
The two revolutions: a history of the transgender internet by Call Number: HQ77.95.U6 D364ISBN: 1479818321Publication Date: 2023
History Databases
- JSTORJSTOR provides access to archived backfiles of journals in the arts and sciences, business, language and literature, science, ecology and botany, and music.
You can use the database, JSTOR to locate primary source materials as well as academic research. For example, enter transgender and Stonewall (highlighted in yellow below) in the text box and click the Search icon (circled in red below).
Trans Web Resources
- Trans History TimelineThere have always been trans and gender variant people throughout history. For a timeline of significant moments and people in this history please see this timeline.
- Transgender History Interactive TimelineOutHistory presents a chronology of important events in transgender history, including stories of cross-dressing, scientific advancements, pop cultural representation, and other actions complicating notions of sex, gender, and the binary. This timeline is a work in progress.
- One From the Vaults - Transgender History PodcastCreated by Morgan M. Page, a multiple award-winning performance and video artist, writer, and activist in Canada.
- Trans Accessible Library Initiative Primary SourcesThis page provides guidance on doing primary source research.
- Transgender History in the United StatesUnabridged book chapters from Trans Bodies, Trans Selves.