Leading transgender studies journal comes to Clayman Institute for Gender Research
The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University is proud to announce a new partnership with the academic journal TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, a high-profile venue for innovative research and scholarship. The Institute will be the home for the editorial office of TSQ, which stands as the journal of record for the interdisciplinary field of transgender studies, promoting the broadest possible range of perspectives on transgender life and culture.
“We see this project as part of an ongoing and expanding commitment to trans studies as a field and as an interdisciplinary research community,” said Adrian Daub, Barbara D. Finberg Director of the Clayman Institute. “The Clayman Institute has been a hub of gender research for more than 50 years, and this partnership with a leading journal provides an exciting new opportunity for inclusive and intersectional research as we look forward.”
Founded in 1974, the Clayman Institute has long served as a site of interdisciplinary gender research and community. In the 1980s, the Clayman Institute (then known as IRWG, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender) hosted Signs, the leading journal in women’s and gender studies. Publishing of monographs and articles has long been part of the Institute’s scholarship, and this will be the first time since Signs that the Institute will host an academic journal.
The Mellon Foundation recently supported TSQ with a $25,000 grant. The journal is guided by Executive Editor Francisco J. Galarte, director of the University of New Mexico’s Feminist Research Institute, who leads a team of general editors along with a distinguished editorial board.
“Especially in a time when trans lives are under attack and forces seek to erase trans culture and history from public life, the role of TSQ is increasingly vital,” said Galarte. “The Clayman Institute’s support of the journal helps to ensure its stability and future growth.”
Four issues of TSQ are published annually by Duke University Press. Each year, there are a mixture of special themed and general issues. In addition to scholarly articles, each issue features regularly recurring elements, including reviews, interviews, and opinion pieces. Journal subscriptions, sales, and past issues are available at the Duke University Press website. Learn more about calls for papers and submission guidelines on the Clayman Institute’s TSQ website.
The Institute also is pleased to announce that Managing Editor Don Romesburg will lead the TSQ editorial office. Romesburg is a visiting professor in history and women’s, gender, and queer studies at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He is editor of the Routledge History of Queer America (2018) and author of Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School (2025). Romesburg is also a co-founder of the GLBT Historical Society Museum in San Francisco.
