Introduction
Hi, I'm the moderator of this brand new community and I just thought I'd introduce myself before getting to the regular gender and history posts.
I'm a MTF crossdresser in a Masters Teaching program, with the goal of being a high school English teacher. I'm fascinated by good stories and my academic interests tend to cross disciplines in pursuit of trivia and interesting anecdotes. I took a variety of history classes while an undergrad so I feel like a good background in history, although not a lot of training in the theory of that field.
Recently I found myself lamenting the lack of training in my teaching program for dealing with students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or intersexed. I also found myself remarking that it's difficult to find a voice, an identity and pride if you don't know your history. I found myself thinking "I've never found any sort of history book that included these identies, except in the most peripheral sort of way. Maybe I can start writting that book, or help somebody else do it." That's what I'm trying to do here.
Last of all, this is my first time starting a community, and I've never really had any formal education in gender studies, so I expect I'll make quite a few mistakes from time to time. Bear with me. And enjoy yourselves!
I'm a MTF crossdresser in a Masters Teaching program, with the goal of being a high school English teacher. I'm fascinated by good stories and my academic interests tend to cross disciplines in pursuit of trivia and interesting anecdotes. I took a variety of history classes while an undergrad so I feel like a good background in history, although not a lot of training in the theory of that field.
Recently I found myself lamenting the lack of training in my teaching program for dealing with students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or intersexed. I also found myself remarking that it's difficult to find a voice, an identity and pride if you don't know your history. I found myself thinking "I've never found any sort of history book that included these identies, except in the most peripheral sort of way. Maybe I can start writting that book, or help somebody else do it." That's what I'm trying to do here.
Last of all, this is my first time starting a community, and I've never really had any formal education in gender studies, so I expect I'll make quite a few mistakes from time to time. Bear with me. And enjoy yourselves!