Ann M. Kibbey founded Genders in 1988 and served as its Executive Editor from 1988-2013.
University of Texas Press published the print version of Genders from 1988 through 1993. Issues 1 through 18 (excluding issue 7) are available for purchase through UT Press. The print version of Genders was a triannual journal offering essays and discussions of gender and sexuality in relation to social, political, artistic, and economic concerns in addition to cross-cultural analysis of contemporary gender issues.
Issues 19 through 26 were published by New York University Press.
Beginning with Issue 27, Genders was an electronic-only journal. The electronic issues of Genders, 1998–2014 inclusive, is available on the Internet Archive, where they are still open access.