My book manuscript is going along, having received good reviews from the (lovely) reviewers, but in the meantime I have a couple of new things to announce for those interested in the history of trans medicine!
First, some publishing; a new piece of mine, covering Boston Gender Identity Services and titled “Clinics and Collectives”, is out in The Baffler. Extremely fun to write, thanks to a wonderful editor, and hopefully an enjoyable read, too.
Second, for those interested in doing their own work: some new archival collections! Many years ago (okay, about…three), I was doing my thing and reaching out to all and sundry who had any connection to the early clinics, and was lucky enough to reach out to the Pearson family - the kids of M. Joseph Pearson, the founding psych at the University of Michigan clinic. I asked if he’d left anything behind, and lo and behold, he had: research memos, correspondence, entire patient files, even. And after a bit of chatting back and forth, they donated it to the UMich archives for researchers!
That collection is now processed and available, as is the Os Keyes Collection (I didn’t name it), which features the oral histories I did with surviving clinic staff. Enjoy.