Episode 3: A History of Gender Transitions with Brianne Felsher

Aug 6

Long before today's debates over trans rights, Americans were legally changing their sex. As far back as the 1800s, courts and local governments occasionally recognized gender transitions—issuing new documents and revising the legal record.

From 19th-century courtrooms to modern ID laws, Brianne Felsher, a PhD Candidate in Jurisprudence and Social Policy at Berkeley Law, explains the surprisingly long history of legal sex changes, and what it reveals about the fight for gender freedom today.

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Myles McDonough

Episode 3: A History of Gender Transitions with Brianne Felsher

“We, the people”—not we, the white people—not we, the citizens, or the legal voters—not we, the privileged class— but we, the people—the men and women, do ordain and establish this Constitution”

DOUGLASS COLLECTIVE

Episode 3: A History of Gender Transitions with Brianne Felsher

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“We, the people”—not we, the white people—not we, the citizens, or the legal voters—not we, the privileged class— but we, the people—the men and women, do ordain and establish this Constitution”

DOUGLASS COLLECTIVE