New book explores the concept of transgenderism in history TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER | Bookworm SezBookwormSez@gmail.com Before We Were Trans by Kit Heyam, c.2022, Seal Press; $30; 352 pages.
Yes or no: Before there were rockets, there were no astronauts. No, there wasn’t a need for them without a vehicle to go where people only dreamed of going.
But yes — the word “astronaut” is more than a century old. Words and labels matter, as you’ll see in Before We Were Trans by Kit Heyam, and time is no excuse.
On the evening of June 8, 1847, John Sullivan was apprehended by gendarmes while weaving down a sidewalk in London. Sullivan was wearing a few women’s garments and was carrying more, all of it stolen.