Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-192) and index.

Making the visible invisible -- Transsexual discourses and languages of identification -- Bodies, sexes, genders, and sexualities -- Visible yet invisible : female gender diversity, historically and cross-culturally -- Transvestite opportunists, passing women and female-bodied men -- He becomes she : making contemporary female gender diversity invisible -- "They are a part of my history" : transperspectives on cross-cultural and historical data -- Fearful others : transsexual discourses and the construction of female-bodied transpeople -- Queering the binaries : transsituated identities, bodies, and sexualities -- Making the invisible visible.