Inaugural Issue

In the inaugural issue of QTR: A Journal of Trans and Queer Studies in Religion, contributors examine the current state of the queer and trans religious studies field. Through methodological reflections and leading-edge research, the authors cover topics that include queer world-making among Orthodox Jewish gays and lesbians in Israel; the religious lives of Latina and Black trans activists Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson; the importance of engaging trans and queer studies in religion during a time of anti-trans and anti-queer legislation; nonsecular transfeminism in Turkey; and the role of Jewishness in John Boswell’s historiography.

Contributors: Sahin Açikgöz, Orit Avishai, Beshouy Botros, Ahmad Greene-Hayes, Janet R. Jakobsen, Joy Ladin, Joseph A. Marchal, SA Smythe, Max Strassfeld, Isaiah Frost Rivera, Melissa M. Wilcox