Hermaphrodite Logic

Juliana Gleeson is a writer, comedian and historian. She has published essays in outlets including Viewpoint Magazine, Invert Journal and VICE, and performed internationally at a wide range of communist and queer cultural events. She is the co-editor of Transgender Marxism.

• Introduction: Sex is Expressive1. The Boston Revelation2. The Clinic Strikes Back3. Bringing in the Intersex4. Herms as Humans5. A Struggle Without a Centre6. Sex in the Wreckage7. Conclusion: Hermaphrodite Statues, Intersex Poems

As someone with a ringside seat to the emergence of intersex activism in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1990s--the in-your-face Hermaphrodites With Attitude newsletter was edited by members of my collective household--I'm thrilled to see this short, sharp history of a now-international movement. Gleeson's critical perspective make a welcome contribution at a time when much of intersex discourse no longer politically challenges medical power.