Renaissance Trans Theologies and History with Colby Gordon
How Renaissance theology and literature reveal a long history of transition—socially, spiritually, and surgically
Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast · Slate Podcasts
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Show Notes
In this episode of Outward, Jules Gill-Peterson sits down with Colby Gordon to talk about his new book, Glorious Bodies: Trans Theology and Renaissance Literature. Gordon digs into early modern religious texts that, instead of rejecting trans existence, actually provided ways to think about gender transformation—socially, surgically, and theologically. They explore what Shakespeare, Milton, and other writers had to say about gender, how history challenges today’s assumptions about transition, and why the right-wing war on trans people gets the past all wrong.
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