In an enlightening, deeply educational, and eye-opening historical account, scholar C. Riley Snorton identifies the cross-sectionality between transness and blackness in his book, Black on Both Sides: A Radical History of Trans Identity. Carried by an extensive archive of materials such as fugitive slave narratives, sensationalist journalism, and Afro-modernist literature, Snorton gives insight into the importance of black history in relation to of transgender topics. Snorton illuminates how the foundations for "understanding gender as mutable" derive from the horrifics of slavery. Snorton's research proves to be an outstanding and well-needed addition to the conversation of black and trans communities.