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Queer History Qorner

Started by Shana A, June 17, 2010, 09:04:40 AM

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Shana A

June 17, 2010, 09:04:40 AM
Queer History Qorner
Posted by eastsidekate at Wednesday, June 16, 2010

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2010/06/queer-history-qorner.html

[I'm assuming today's protagonist didn't/doesn't identify as queer, but I think this story is relevant to a lot of us. Plus, all the cool qids are into faux-alliteration these days.]

I first encountered Agnes in early 2007, a time when co-incidentally, I was struggling to find a doctor who would write prescriptions to allow me to have a hormonal balance (and in turn, life) society considered plausible for a person of my gender.

A chapter in Susan Stryker and Stephen Whittle's excellent Transgender Studies Reader reprinted a book chapter by sociologist Dr. Harold Garfinkel on Agnes.

I've since found out that poor Agnes is the stuff of queer studies legend. I certainly haven't gotten through many of the wordy academic texts on this young woman. However, I can relate my initial reaction to her story, as told through the eyes of Dr. Garfinkel.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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