[Commlist] New book: The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet

We would like to announce a new publication from New York University 
Press, which we hope will be of interest.

*The Two Revolutions*

A History of the Transgender Internet

*Avery Dame-Griff*

*_https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781479818310/the-two-revolutions/ 
<https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781479818310/the-two-revolutions/>_*

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*Available in print and digital formats*

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The internet origins of the American transgender movement

The Two Revolutions explores how the rise of the internet shaped 
transgender identity and activism from the 1980s to the present. Through 
extensive archival research and media archeology, Avery Dame-Griff 
reconstructs the manifold digital networks of transgender activists, 
cross-dressing computer hobbyists, and others interested in gender 
nonconformity who incited the second revolution of the title: the 
ascendance of “transgender” as an umbrella identity in the mid-1990s.

Dame-Griff argues that digital communications sparked significant 
momentum within what would become the transgender movement, but also 
further cemented existing power structures. Covering both a historical 
period that is largely neglected within the history of computing, and 
the poorly understood role of technology in queer and trans social 
movements, The Two Revolutions offers a new understanding of both 
revolutions—the internet’s early development and the structures of 
communication that would take us to today’s tipping point of trans 
visibility politics. Through a history of how trans people online 
exploited different digital infrastructures in the early days of the 
internet to build a community, The Two Revolutions tells a crucial part 
of trans history itself.

Avery Dame-Griff is Lecturer in the Department of Women’s and Gender 
Studies at Gonzaga University. He founded and curates the Queer Digital 
History Project (queerdigital.com).



*Price subject to change.

*The ebook version of this title available through all major digital 
vendors and retailers. If you wish to purchase this title for your 
library then please contact your library supplier. For more information 
on ebook purchasing please follow this link 
-**https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/ebooks/
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