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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.
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.
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