Academia and transgender people

Gender identity and expression have long been of interest to scholars. The relationship between transgender people and academia has included some long-running conflicts, as some academic disciplines have been used as means of social control, causing harm to trans people. Below are some of the key areas.

Natural sciences

• Biology
• Genetics

Medicine

• Endocrinology
• Psychiatry
• Surgery
• Reproductive health, Gynecology, and Andrology
• Dermatology
• Infectious disease

Social sciences

• Psychology
  • Evolutionary psychology
  • Behavior genetics
• Sexology
• Anthropology
  • Biological anthropology
• Sociology
• Gender studies
  • Women’s studies
  • Men’s studies
  • Queer studies
  • Transgender studies

Humanities

• History

Law

• Law

Philosophy

• Philosophy
• Ideology
• Philosophy of science
• Eugenics

Historic resources

Trans Academics (trans-academics.org)

Resources

Center for Applied Transgender Studies (appliedtransstudies.org)

TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly (read.dukeupress.edu/tsq)