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Introduction

The journal publishes work on Transgender Studies. The field, which originated academically in the 1990s, critiques feminisms, medical practices, and cultural systems that exclude and marginalize transgender people. Transgender Studies encompasses all types of academia regarding gender-variant people, including but not limited to: binary transgender people, genderqueer people, and cross dressers. The journal focuses on these topics as well, but takes a direct intersectional approach to combat white-only voices in the field. Similarly to the rest of academia, predominantly white experiences and scholars are published. The journal combats this by focusing a portion of their issues on the experiences of people of color and by publishing the works of people of color.

Publication Style

TSQ publishes issues that highlight and emphasize specific topics and themes. There is not a solely academic focus; while there are issues surrounding topics such as the archive and pedagogies, others take a more intersectional and lived-experiences based approach.

Mission of Journal

TSQ takes an inclusive approach to scholarship. As part of its mission, the journal’s mission statement notes it “​explores the diversity of gender, sex, sexuality, embodiment, and identity in ways that have not been adequately addressed by feminist and queer scholarship”. This includes elevating work of people of color, examining the experiences of transgender people of color, and critiquing medical, psychological, and feminist critique of transgender people. The journal also states that within its mission it aims to unite artists, activists, and academics, creating a more inclusive and accessible way of interacting with its work and scholarship, as the work is not solely for academics. This action can be seen as intentional, as many transgender people are unable to access college due to their marginalization (Currah, ​Joselow)​.

In her 2006 essay “(De)Subjugated Knowledges: An Introduction to Transgender Studies,” Susan Stryker, one of the co-founders of the journal, noted that there was a greater need for more racial diversity within the field of Transgender studies. She noted that this phenomenon, probably caused by the discrimination people of color face that keep them from academia, means that Transgender Studies cannot be regarded as a whole and complete field without these voices. Thus, the journal takes an intersectional approach to race and emphasizes the experiences and work of people of color.

Past issues

Trans∗historicities 5:4 Published 1 November 2018

Trans-in-Asia, Asia-in-Trans 5:3, Published 1 August 2018

The Surgery Issue 5:2, Published 1 May 2018

TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly 5:1, Published 1 February 2018

Transpsychoanalytics 4:3-4, Published 1 November 2017

The Issue of Blackness 4:2, Published 1 May 2017

Trans- Political Economy 4:1, Published 1 February 2017

Translating Transgender 3:3-4, Published 1 November 2016

Trans⁄Feminisms 3:1-2, Published 1 May 2016

Archives and Archiving 2:4, Published 1 November 2015

Trans∗formational Pedagogies 2:3, Published 1 August 2015

Tranimalities 2:2, Published 1 May 2015

Making Transgender Count 2:1, Published 1 February 2015

Trans∗ Cultural Production 1:4, Published 1 November 2014

Decolonizing the Transgender Imaginary 1:3, Published 1 August 2014

Postposttranssexual: Key Concepts for a 21st Century Transgender Studies 1:1-2, Published 1 May 2014""