Standardizing Sex: A History of Trans Medicine

A history of trans medicine that uses Scandinavian sources to tell a global story.

Standardizing Sex traces the emergence of trans medicine in Scandinavia in the twentieth century, exploring the construction and negotiation of medical expertise among medical professionals, patients, and activists in the media and government bureaucracy. The book combines the author’s analysis of medical records and other archival sources with oral history interviews with former patients, activists, doctors,...