Transgender History Research on GenderLibshttps://www.genderlibs.org/series/transgender-history-research/Recent content in Transgender History Research on GenderLibsHugoenCopyright © 2024-2026 GenderLibs. All Rights Reserved.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700From a Cancelled Judgeship to a Show Bearing Her Name: Jin Xing and Role Migration in Chinese Television, 2011–2015https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/jin-xing-television-visibility-history/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/jin-xing-television-visibility-history/Abstract In September 2011, Jin Xing said publicly that Zhejiang TV’s Fei Tong Fan Xiang had removed her from its final judging panel for a reason connected to her transgender history. During the same period, she continued appearing as a judge on Dragon TV’s Dance Forest Conference. Two months later, Star TV announced a talk show built around her, Venus Hits Mars (Jin Xing Zhuang Huo Xing). The program premieredFrom Unlawful Dismissal to Equal Employment: The Two Legal Tracks of the Guiyang Mr C Case, 2015–2018https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/08/mr-c-transgender-employment-case/Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0700https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/08/mr-c-transgender-employment-case/Abstract In spring 2015, a transgender man known publicly as Mr C joined a health-check company in Guiyang as a sales employee. The employment relationship ended after roughly a week. Over the next three years, this brief workplace episode moved through labor arbitration, labor-dispute litigation, personality-rights litigation, and appeal. By February 2018, appellate language had placed gender identity, gender expression, general personality rights, and equal treatment in employment inside theFrom “Bianxing Ren” to “Transgender”: Four Naming Regimes in Mainland China, 1980–2025https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/08/transgender-vocabulary-stratigraphy/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0700https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/08/transgender-vocabulary-stratigraphy/Abstract Over the last four decades, public language for gender transition, transgender identity, and gender diversity in mainland China has accumulated through several institutional channels. State newspapers since the 1980s placed gender nonconformity within medical, social, and governance frames. In the 1990s, bianxing ren (变性人, literally a person who has “changed sex”) became highly visible