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Transgender Studies Quarterly

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Transgender Studies Quarterly
DisciplineTransgender studies
LanguageEnglish
Edited bySusan Stryker, Francisco J. Galarte, Jules Gill-Peterson, Grace Lavery, and Abraham B. Weil
Publication details
History2014–present
Publisher
Duke University Press (United States)
FrequencyQuarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Transgender Stud. Q.
Indexing
ISSN2328-9252 (print)
2328-9260 (web)
LCCN2013201233
OCLC no.945577457
Links

TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering transgender studies, with an emphasis on cultural studies and the humanities.[1] Established in 2014 and published by Duke University Press, it is the first non-medical journal about transgender studies.[2]

The founding editors-in-chief are Susan Stryker (University of Arizona) and Paisley Currah (Brooklyn College and Graduate Center, CUNY),[3] and were joined by Francisco J. Galarte (University of Arizona) in 2019.[4]

Publication history

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In the introduction to the first issue, Currah and Stryker state that they intend the journal to be a gathering place for different ideas within the field of transgender studies, and that they embrace multiple definitions of transgender.[5]

In an interview about the journal, Stryker stated that she felt she had been working on the first issue since the 1990s.[1] While co-editing a special transgender studies issue of Women's Studies Quarterly in 2008, Stryker and Currah realized the need for a publication dedicated to the topic,[6] when they received over 200 submissions for the special issue but were only able to publish 12.[1][3] In May 2013, they started a month-long Kickstarter campaign to help fund the journal.[7] They received more than US$10,000 in donations in the first five days; by the end of the campaign, the journal had nearly $25,000 in crowdfunded capital.[7][8]

Because the first call for submissions drew a considerable amount of interest, the first issue was expanded into a book-length double issue with 86 essays.[8][9] The title of the first issue, "Postposttranssexual", comes from Sandy Stone's 1987 article "The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto", which has been called the start of transgender studies.[1][10] Each essay in this issue focuses on key concepts within transgender studies.[11]

Each issue of TSQ addresses specific themes, with the exception of the un-themed, open call issue released February 1, 2018. Past issue themes have included surgery, pedagogy, archives, trans/feminisms, and blackness.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Joselow, Maxine (22 June 2016). "A Push for Transgender Studies". Inside Higher Ed. Washington, D.C. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  2. ^ Kellaway, Mitch (27 May 2014). "Duke Univ. Press Debuts Academic Journal for Transgender Studies". The Advocate. Here Media. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  3. ^ a b Morgan, Glennisha (16 May 2013). "Duke University Press' Transgender Studies Quarterly to Publish in 2014". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  4. ^ Galarte, Francisco J. (2019-05-01). "General Editor's Introduction". TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. 6 (2): 141–144. doi:10.1215/23289252-7348412. ISSN 2328-9252. S2CID 242589310.
  5. ^ Stryker, S.; Currah, P. (1 January 2014). "Introduction". Transgender Studies Quarterly. 1 (1–2): 1–18. doi:10.1215/23289252-2398540.
  6. ^ Susan Stryker; Paisley Currah; Lisa Jean Moore (Fall–Winter 2008). "Introduction: Trans-, Trans, or Transgender?". WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly. 36 (3 & 4). Johns Hopkins University Press: 11–22. doi:10.1353/wsq.0.0112. S2CID 84521879.
  7. ^ a b "TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  8. ^ a b Kang, Andy (28 May 2014). "Groundbreaking Transgender Studies Quarterly Released". GLAAD.org. GLAAD. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  9. ^ Wilkinson, Willy (27 May 2014). "My contribution to Transgender Studies Quarterly". WillyWilkinson.com. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  10. ^ Thieme, Katja, and Mary Ann S. Saunders. "How Do You Wish to Be Cited? Citation Practices and a Scholarly Community of Care in Trans Studies Research Articles." Journal of English for Academic Purposes, vol. 32, 2018, pp. 80–90.
  11. ^ "Transgender Studies Quarterly." Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources, vol. 35, no. 3-4, 2014, p. 25+. Academic OneFile.
  12. ^ "TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly". tsq.dukejournals.org. Duke University Press. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
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