This is a book to be reckoned with, one of the most important to be written in British LGBT or, indeed, Queer history in recent years. Scholars, advocates for trans rights, gender-critical feminists, and culture warriors may not learn much from the Victorians themselves about sexuality and gender, but they would certainly benefit enormously from engaging with this rich, nuanced, and deeply humane study. * Brian Lewis, Journal of British Studies * The book nevertheless remains a really important intervention and a foundation for further thinking not only about the B in historical perspective, but also about the recent odd interregnum Joyce identifies during which gender and sexuality were figured apart in discourse and politics. * Matt Cook, Victorian Studies *