Why transgender became a thing, but transracial did not.
Rogers Brubaker
Rogers Brubaker is professor of sociology at UCLA. His new book is Trans: Gender and Race in an Age of Unsettled Identities, published by Princeton University Press.

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Rogers Brubaker is professor of sociology at UCLA. His new book is Trans: Gender and Race in an Age of Unsettled Identities, published by Princeton University Press.
Why transgender became a thing, but transracial did not.