Before we were trans: a new history of gender

Introduction: 'I had a gown on in a lark' : what is trans history?

Author's note : Writing trans history differently

'The majesty of Him my daughter' : colonising gender roles in West Africa

'She liked me in my greatcoat and hat' : fashion and trans panic in early modern Europe

'I took especial pleasure in masquerade costumes' : living and performing as women in First World War internment camps

'A feminine soul confined by a masculine body' : the entangled history of gay and trans experience

'I am both man and woman' : defiant bodies in early America and beyond

'Because of the manifestation of Spirit' : gender, spirituality and survival in North America and South Asia

Epilogue: Now we are trans.