Full Description
Addresses the experiences of trans college students, faculty, and staff in a single volume for the first time.
Honorable Mention, 2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the LGBTQ category
While more trans students, faculty, and staff have come out on US college campuses today than ever before, many still report enduring harassment and discrimination. Others avoid disclosing their gender identity because they do not feel safe or comfortable at their schools. This groundbreaking book is the first to address their experiences in a single volume. Genny Beemyn brings together personal narratives and original research to give readers both individual and large-scale perspectives, which provide unprecedented insight into the experiences of trans people in higher education. These contributions reveal that despite an improving environment, trans people continue to face widespread interpersonal and institutional opposition on campuses across the country.
Some of the first published research focusing on nonbinary trans undergraduates and trans graduate students is included here, in addition to the most comprehensive research to date of trans students at women's colleges and of trans academics. Trans People in Higher Education also examines the sexual health of trans students, the treatment of trans people by individuals with institutional authority, and the strategies and lessons learned from one college that successfully became more trans inclusive.
Contents
Introduction
Genny Beemyn
The Voices of Trans Students, Staff, and Faculty
1. An Unescorted Male: Transcending Gender at a Southern Women's College
Lisa N. Johnston and Caden J. Campbell
2. Transitional Matriculation: Losing (and Finding) Yourself in Higher Education
Annabelle Talia Bruno
3. Read between the Lines: Teaching and Learning while Nonbinary Trans
Alandis Johnson
4. "I Am Because We Are": Holding a Mirror as a Trans Educator
S. Simmons
5. "Do You Get to Choose How Big Your Penis Will Be?": Transitioning as Faculty
C. Ray Borck
6. Typing My Way Out of the Cisheteronormative Closet at a Community College
Kei Graves
7. On Being (In)Visible in the Academy: A Trans Scholar's Narrative
Jackson Wright Shultz
Research on Trans People and Trans Inclusion on College Campuses
8. How I See Me, How You See Me: Students Navigating Gender Outside the Binary
Kasey Ashton
9. Trans College Students' Experiences: Institutional Discrimination and Empowered Responses
Tre Wentling
10. Higher Educational Experiences of Trans Binary and Nonbinary Graduate Students
Abbie E. Goldberg
11. Get over the Binary: The Experiences of Nonbinary Trans College Students
Genny Beemyn
12. (In)Visibility and Protest: Trans Men, Trans Women, and Nonbinary Students at New England Women's Colleges
Shannon Weber
13. An Examination of Trans College Students' Sexual Health
James M. DeVita and Katrin A. Wesner
14. Microfoundations of Trans Academics' Experiences: A Sense of Paranoia and Hypersensitivity
Erich N. Pitcher
15. From "My Absolute Worst Nightmare" to "I Couldn't Ask for Anything More": Trans Individuals' Interactions with College Administrators, Professors, and Others with Institutional Power
Kristie L. Seelman
16. Rising like a Phoenix: One Institution's Journey through Trans and LGBTQIA Inclusion
Matthew Antonio Bosch and Dana Pursley
A Guide to Trans Terminology
Contributors
Index
