Female Husbands: A Trans History, by Jen Manion

Heike Bauer is intrigued by a study of women who lived as men that raises important questions about gender identities today

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April 14, 2020

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April 14, 2020

Twitter: @Heike_Bauer

Portsmouth Point; Portrait of Abigail Allen and Portrait of the Female Husband!

Source: Courtesy of The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University

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