Transgender Studies Quarterly
Academic journal
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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]
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| Discipline | Transgender studies |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Susan Stryker, Francisco J. Galarte, Jules Gill-Peterson, Grace Lavery, and Abraham B. Weil |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2014–present |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (United States) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
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| ISO 4 | Transgender Stud. Q. |
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| ISSN | 2328-9252 (print) 2328-9260 (web) |
| LCCN | 2013201233 |
| OCLC no. | 945577457 |
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The founding editors-in-chief are Susan Stryker (University of Arizona) and Paisley Currah (Brooklyn College and Graduate Center, CUNY).[3] Currah left his role as co-editor in 2019, and Francisco J. Galarte became co-general editor.[4][5] At the time, Galarte was an assistant professor of gender and women's studies at the University of Arizona.[5][6] He had worked with the journal since 2011, and served as fashion editor from 2012 to 2018.[6]
Inception
While co-editing a special transgender studies issue of Women's Studies Quarterly in 2008, Susan Stryker and Paisley Currah recognized the need for a publication dedicated to the topic:[7] They received more than 200 submissions, but were only able to publish 12.[1][3]
In May 2013, they started a month-long Kickstarter campaign to help fund Transgender Studies Quarterly.[8] 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.[8][9]
The first call for submissions drew a considerable amount of interest. The editors received so many submissions, they expanded the first issue into a book-length double issue containing 86 essays.[9][10] The title of the first issue, "Postposttranssexual", alludes to Sandy Stone's 1987 article "The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto", which has been called the start of transgender studies.[1][11] Each essay in this issue focuses on key concepts within transgender studies.[12]
Scope and content
In the introduction to the first issue, Currah and Stryker announce that they intend the journal to be a gathering place for different ideas within the field of transgender studies, and affirm that they embrace multiple definitions of transgender.[13]
Most issues of TSQ have a theme. Among the themes of past issues are Trans Futures (November 2019), Trans-in-Asia (August 2018), "Trans/Feminisms" (May 2016), and the Issue of Blackness (May 2017).[14]
