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Abstract
This section includes eighty-six short original essays commissioned for the inaugural issue of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. Written by emerging academics, community-based writers, and senior scholars, each essay in this special issue, "Postposttranssexual: Key Concepts for a Twenty-First-Century Transgender Studies," revolves around a particular keyword or concept. Some contributions focus on a concept central to transgender studies; others describe a term of art from another discipline or interdisciplinary area and show how it might relate to transgender studies. While far from providing a complete picture of the field, these keywords begin to elucidate a conceptual vocabulary for transgender studies. Some of the submissions offer a deep and resilient resistance to the entire project of mapping the field terminologically; some reveal yet-unrealized critical potentials for the field; some take existing terms from canonical thinkers and develop the significance for transgender studies; some offer overviews of well-known methodologies and demonstrate their applicability within transgender studies; some suggest how transgender issues play out in various fields; and some map the productive tensions between trans studies and other interdisciplines.

Part of the SAGE Contemporary Family Perspective series, this book presents a comprehensive yet accessible understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families today by drawing upon and making sense of the burgeoning scholarly literature about LGBT families from the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It pays particular attention to how structures of race, class, gender, sexuality, and age shape LGBT families, and how members of such families negotiate the social landscapes within which they exist. The book will help readers better understand the formation, experiences, challenges, and strengths of LGBT families, and address two main questions: Why are new family forms so threatening to certain groups of people in society? and How are new family forms beneficial to the society

This week we ask: What explains successes and setbacks in the promotion of LGBT+ rights? And is political science as welcoming as it should be towards LGBT+ research?

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Series Introduction -- Chapter One: What Does LGBT Mean? -- Chapter Two: Marriage Equality -- Chapter Three: Raising Families -- Chapter Four: Challenges -- Further Reading -- Series Glossary -- Index -- About the Author -- Photo Credits.

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Cover -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Does the LGBTQ Community Enjoy Equal Rights? -- Overview: LGBTQ Rights Are Improving Around the World -- The LGBTQ Community Has Political Power -- LGBTQ Individuals Have Reasons to Cheer -- The LGBTQ Community Still Suffers from Injustices -- LGBTQ People Post Both Gains and Losses in Human Rights Worldwide -- LGBTQ People Are Not Safe in America -- Chapter 2: Does the Promotion of LGBTQ Rights Threaten the Freedom of Others? -- Overview: Rights for LGBTQ Americans May Threaten Religious Freedom -- LGBTQ Rights Threaten Some Americans -- LGBTQ Rights Threaten Businesses -- Businesses Owners Cannot Use Religion to Discriminate -- Tolerance Is Needed to Protect LGBTQ Rights and Religious Freedoms -- Chapter 3: Is Same-Sex Marriage a Human Right? -- Overview: Same-Sex Marriage Highlights Tension over Fundamental Rights -- Same-Sex Parents Should Have Marital Rights -- The State Should Not Be Involved in Marriages of Any Kind -- Same-Sex Marriage Threatens the Entire Human Rights Framework -- Traditional Marriage Promotes the Common Good -- Chapter 4: Do Transgender Individuals Deserve Special Protection? -- Overview: US Courts Debate the Difference Between Sex Equality and Gender Equality -- Transgender People Face High Rates of Workplace Discrimination -- Restrooms Are Dangerous Places for Transgender Students -- Transgender Students Are Protected by Title IX -- Transgender Restroom Laws Protect Citizens -- Organizations to Contact -- Bibliography -- Index