Did trans men exist before the 20th Century? On this week's episode, we go all the way back to 1746 to explore the life of "female husband" Charles, or George, or Mary, or Molly Hamilton!
Works cited:
http://www.pascalbonenfant.com/18c/newgatecalendar/mary_hamilton.html
Baker, S. (1959). Henry Fielding's The Female Husband: Fact and Fiction. Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 213-224.
Henry Fielding's The Female Husband: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/f/fielding/henry/female-husband/
The work of Alex Sharpe: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2015/12/dark-truth-behind-convictions-gender-fraud
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