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

Author's note: Writing trans history differently

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

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

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

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

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

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

Epilogue: Now we are trans.