Transgender Studies Quarterly

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Inception

While co-editing a special transgender studies issue of Women's Studies Quarterly in 2008, Susan Stryker and Paisley Currah recognized the need for a publication dedicated to the topic: [7] They received more than 200 submissions, but were only able to publish 12. [1] [3]

In May 2013, they started a month-long Kickstarter campaign to help fund Transgender Studies Quarterly. [8] They received more than US$10,000 in donations in the first five days; by the end of the campaign, the journal had nearly $25,000 in crowdfunded capital. [8] [9]

The first call for submissions drew a considerable amount of interest. The editors received so many submissions, they expanded the first issue into a book-length double issue containing 86 essays. [9] [10] The title of the first issue, "Postposttranssexual", alludes to Sandy Stone's 1987 article "The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto", which has been called the start of transgender studies. [1] [11] Each essay in this issue focuses on key concepts within transgender studies. [12]

Scope and content

In the introduction to the first issue, Currah and Stryker announce that they intend the journal to be a gathering place for different ideas within the field of transgender studies, and affirm that they embrace multiple definitions of transgender . [13]

Most issues of TSQ have a theme. Among the themes of past issues are Trans Futures (November 2019), Trans-in-Asia (August 2018), "Trans/Feminisms" (May 2016), and the Issue of Blackness (May 2017). [14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Joselow, Maxine (22 June 2016). "A Push for Transgender Studies". Inside Higher Ed . Washington, D.C. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  2. ↑ Kellaway, Mitch (27 May 2014). "Duke Univ. Press Debuts Academic Journal for Transgender Studies". The Advocate . Here Media . Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  3. 1 2 Morgan, Glennisha (16 May 2013). "Duke University Press' Transgender Studies Quarterly to Publish in 2014". The Huffington Post . Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  4. ↑ "Paisley Currah". PaisleyCurrah.com. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
  5. 1 2 Galarte, Francisco J. (2019-05-01). "General Editor's Introduction". TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. 6 (2): 141–144. doi: 10.1215/23289252-7348412 . ISSN   2328-9252. S2CID   242589310.
  6. 1 2 "Francisco J. Galarte". Department of American Studies. University of New Mexico . Retrieved 2025-12-13.
  7. ↑ Susan Stryker; Paisley Currah; Lisa Jean Moore (Fall–Winter 2008). "Introduction: Trans-, Trans, or Transgender?". WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly. 36 (3 & 4). Johns Hopkins University Press: 11–22. doi:10.1353/wsq.0.0112. S2CID   84521879.
  8. 1 2 "TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly". Kickstarter . 27 September 2013. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  9. 1 2 Kang, Andy (28 May 2014). "Groundbreaking Transgender Studies Quarterly Released". GLAAD.org. GLAAD. Archived from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  10. ↑ Wilkinson, Willy (27 May 2014). "My contribution to Transgender Studies Quarterly". WillyWilkinson.com. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  11. ↑ Thieme, Katja, and Mary Ann S. Saunders. "How Do You Wish to Be Cited? Citation Practices and a Scholarly Community of Care in Trans Studies Research Articles." Journal of English for Academic Purposes, vol. 32, 2018, pp. 80–90.
  12. ↑ "Transgender Studies Quarterly." Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources, vol. 35, no. 3-4, 2014, p. 25+. Academic OneFile.
  13. ↑ Stryker, S.; Currah, P. (1 January 2014). "Introduction". Transgender Studies Quarterly. 1 (1–2): 1–18. doi: 10.1215/23289252-2398540 .
  14. ↑ "Transgender Studies Quarterly". LGBTQ+ Institute. University of Arizona. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
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