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Trans Cinema Doesn’t Just Improve Visibility—It Imagines Better Worlds
Mar 10 2026
By Laura Horak, author of Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and WorldsSince the rise of the concept of “transgender” in the 1990s, many activists, filmmakers and scholars have worked to make trans people more visible. Those efforts have made a real impact — increasing trans visibility ha...
Queering Economics for a Better Future
Dec 30 2025
Authors Leanne Roncolato and Michael E. Martell on building a better and more inclusive economics.
How We Fight Back: Storytelling for Reproductive Justice
Nov 10 2025
Stories resist carceral logics, affirm survival, and show why Black women’s reproductive freedom must be told from the margins.
Imagining a Future Built on Abolition and Queer Justice
Nov 06 2025
How to fight for queer justice in a time of continued criminalization and targeted attacks on queer communities.
“Problem” Groups and the Home in Western Reconstruction: A Q&A with Nicole Martin, winner of the WHA’s 2025 Ray Allen Billington Prize
Oct 14 2025
WHA award-winner Nicole Martin discusses the history behind who has had the right to possess homes and, by extension, American citizenship.
Domestic worker activism and anti-fascism: A Q&A with Katherine M. Marino
Aug 26 2025
Who speaks out against fascism—is it only the most powerful or politically connected who can do so, or is it those whose rights are most in danger?
Q&A with Carol Mason, author of "From the Clinics to the Capitol"
Aug 07 2025
Author Carol Mason giving historical contexts for today's political rhetoric
The Ideals, Imaginaries, and Symbolisms of Hospital Nursing: A Q&A with Claudia Agostoni
Aug 05 2025
We talk with Claudia Agostoni about her "Mexican Studies" article examining the training, work, and qualities of hospital nursing staff in Mexico City during the 1940s and 1950s.
Mapping Lesbian History: Q&A with Cameron Blevins and Annelise Heinz
Jul 30 2025
Historians Cameron Blevins and Annelise Heinz use digital mapping technology to uncover a hidden geography of lesbian life in the 1970s and 1980s, tracing patterns of connection among lesbian women in urban areas, small towns, and rural America.
Help Us Grow Our FirstGen Program!
Apr 22 2025
UC Press has great news to share about FirstGen program growth and seeks your support for its continued success. Here’s how our program has benefitted first-gen authors so far.