The Two Revolutions av Avery Dame-Griff

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<p><b>The internet origins of the American transgender movement</b><br/><i>The Two Revolutions</i> 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. <br/>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 e