American professor, historian, author, and filmmaker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Susan O'Neal Stryker (born 1961) is an American professor and activist. She is a lesbian transgender woman.[3] Her first book, Gay by the Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area, was published in 1996 by Chronicle Books. Stryker wrote the book with Jim Van Buskirk. It was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award.
Susan Stryker | |
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At Trans March San Francisco, June 2017 | |
| Born | 1961 |
| Occupation | Professor, author, filmmaker |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | United States |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | Ph.D., United States History B.A., Letters |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley University of Oklahoma |
| Subject | Gender studies LGBT culture LGBT rights in the United States Women's studies |
| Notable works | The Transgender Studies Reader (2006) |
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She edited the 2003 essay collection The Transgender Studies Reader. In 2005 Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria was released. Stryker got an Emmy Award for it.[4] In 2008 Seal Press published Stryker's book Transgender History. She wrote the 2013 documentary Masculinity/Femininity. The Association for Queer Anthropology gave Stryker the 2013 Ruth Benedict Prize.[5]
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