Full Description
The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Transgender Studies is a comprehensive yet concise overview of important issues, themes, and research on transgender people and populations.
Coupling both their scholarly expertise with their lived experiences, the contributors tackle a full gamut of topics, including medical care, education, coming out, bathroom and military politics and possibilities, and the creation of families. The volume opens with an introduction from the editor who outlines her own journey and experience searching for information on "transgender studies" in the early 2010's. Since then, the field has risen in prominence and is one of the fastest growing areas of research in gender studies. Scholars and students alike will find this to be an accessible and essential primer on the societal forces that impact and shape the lives of transgender people.
Contents
An Introduction to Transgender Studies
J. E. Sumerau
1. From a Trans Perspective: Gender Dysphoria Defined and Demystified
Shalen Lowell
2. Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Diverse Health: Discussions and Directions in Social Research
Austin H. Johnson
3. Transgender Experiences with Public Bathrooms
Lain A. B. Mathers
4. Intersectionality, Trans People, and the Criminal Justice System
Sarah E. Rogers
5. Policy Whiplash: Transgender Military Service in the Twenty-First Century
Máel Embser-Herbert
6. The Intersection of Transgender and Intersex Experiences
Cary Gabriel Costello
7. Do Ask, Do Act: Sex and Gender Affirmation in Clinical Education
Alexandra "Xan" C. H. Nowakowski and Shay Phillips
8. Fires of Aliaxa: A Sankofic Essay on Transmasculinity, Race, and Health
Alyasah Ali Sewell
9. A Call for Resources and Protection: Trans Lives in the Southeastern United States
Baker A. Rogers
10. Race, Gender, and Intimacy for Trans/Nonbinary People
alithia zamantakis
11. Understanding Trans Youth: An Overview of the Field of Trans Youth Studies
Jonathan A. Jimenez
12. Transgender Chosen Families and Online Communities
Jordan Forrest Miller and James Capello
13. Trans Embodiment: Symbolic, Material, and Intersectional Accounts
Davida Schiffer
Index
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