In this podcast, we speak to Amy Austin, PhD student and researcher in the Gender History Cluster in the Department of History at the University of Reading. Amy tells us more about the links between gender and sexuality in history, as well as her research on reconstructing transgender identities in history.

About Amy: Amy Austin is a third year PhD student in the History department at Reading University. She did her undergraduate degree at Royal Holloway where gender history was included as part of the mainstream curriculum. Here she developed an interest in the history of marginalised groups and went on to complete an MA in Women's and Gender History which included a study of crossdressing actresses, Oscar Wilde's trial and Victorian female mental health treatments. She is now researching transgender identities in Britain, 1870-1940s, is a passionate LGBT+ ally and seeks to bring the history of marginalised groups into the mainstream curriculum.

Links: 

University of Reading Gender History Cluster: https://www.reading.ac.uk/research/theme-heritage-creativity/rd-history/history-cluster-gender.aspx