Together the authors would like to thank Gayatri Patnaik, editorial director at Beacon Press, for inviting us to be part of her important “myth-busting” series and Michael Bronski, series editor of Beacon’s Queer Action/Queer Ideas series and author of A Queer History of the United States. We are grateful for their commitment to trans lives and for their detailed assistance with editing.
Laura Erickson-Schroth: Thanks so much to my parents for getting me off to a great start by putting me in baby t-shirts that said “I’m a Mini Feminist” and “Question Authority.” And to my partner, Amanda—you always push me to think about things in new ways. I’m your #1 fan.
Laura A. Jacobs: To my friends, family, and other loved ones . . . to my teachers, advisors, mentors, and nemeses . . . to Lili Elbe, Christine Jorgensen, Renée Richards, Jamison Green, and many others . . . to Ray Bradbury, William Shakespeare, Kate Bush, and Stanley Kubrick . . . and special thanks to the Frances and Peter Jacobs Foundation for Their Wayward Children.