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LGBT families and their policy needs -- Legal protections for families and children -- The intellectual history of family : a contested discourse within the LGBT movement -- Recent political history : the struggle for partner recognition and the right-wing backlash

In this article, the authors discuss the formulation, provisions, and initial impact of the Texas Ten Percent Plan, which is often contrasted to affirmative action as a mechanism for achieving diversity on college campuses. They argue that although no evidence suggests that the plan will be as successful as affirmative action, it could potentially increase the proportion of minority and low-income students admitted to Texas public universities. This prospect is most likely if the affected communities build an efficacious cross-racial political coalition for quality education. The plan's main weaknesses mirror those of previous programs designed to redress racial discrimination. Most notably, the plan revises college admissions criteria to admit a percentage of minority and poor White students without addressing many of the problems concerning inferior education at the K-12 levels for these populations.

Written in the midst of a moment when transgender people are enjoying unprecedented visibility, this interdisciplinary essay collection brings together leading experts in the burgeoning field of Trans Studies to ask tough questions about what gender and embodiment mean in the twenty-first century. Both theoretically sophisticated and deeply grounded in real-world concerns, Trans Studies bridges the gap between activism and academia by offering examples of cutting-edge activism, research, and pedagogy.

From Donald Trump in the U.S. to Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Viktor Orbán in Hungary, and Narendra Modi in India, right-wing populist leaders have taken power in many parts of the world. While each country's populist movement is distinct, they are united by several key features, including the presence of a boastful strongman leader and the scapegoating of vulnerable populations, especially immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ people, and women. The Perils of Populism shows how a feminist lens can help diagnose the factors behind the global rise of right-wing populism and teach us how to resist the threat it presents to democracy. Featuring interdisciplinary essays about politics in the United States, the Middle East, Europe, and India from a variety of acclaimed theorists and activists, the volume contributes to a rapidly expanding literature on gender and the far right. Together, these chapters offer a truly intersectional analysis of the problem, addressing everything from how populism has thrived in a "post-truth" era to the ways it appeals to working-class voters looking for an alternative to neoliberalism. Yet the authors also find reasons to be hopeful, as they showcase forms of grassroots feminist activism that challenge right-wing populism by advocating for racial and economic justice

Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Fragile Democracies in a Post-Truth Era -- 2. Dispossession: Gender and the Construction of Us / Them Dichotomies -- 3. Ascetic Masculinity and Right-Wing Populism in Hindu Nationalist India -- 4. Hegemony as Capitalist Strategy: For a Neo-Marxian Critique of Financialized Capitalism -- 5. Feminism and the Anti-Trump Resistance -- 6. Organizing for Power: The Grassroots Struggle for Inclusive Democracy -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Thinking beyond Hetero/Homo Normativities / Martínez-San Miguel, Yolanda / Tobias, Sarah -- Part I: Gender Boundaries within Educational Spaces -- 1. Creating a Gender-Inclusive Campus / Beemyn, Genny / Rankin, Susan R. -- 2. Transgendering the Academy: Ensuring Transgender Inclusion in Higher Education / Park, Pauline -- Part II: Trans Imaginaries -- 3. "I'll call him Mahood instead, I prefer that, I'm queer": Samuel Beckett's Spatial Aesthetic / Crawford, Lucas -- 4. Excruciating Improbability and the Transgender Jamaican / Valens, Keja -- 5. TRANScoding the Transnational Digital Economy / Chen, Jian -- Part III: Crossing Borders / Crossing Gender -- 6. When Things Don't Add Up: Transgender Bodies and the Mobile Borders of Biometrics / Beauchamp, Toby -- 7. Connecting the Dots: National Security, the Crime-Migration Nexus, and Trans Women's Survival / Butler Burke, Nora -- 8. Affective Vulnerability and Transgender Exceptionalism: Norma Ureiro in Transgression / Aizura, Aren Z. -- Part IV: Trans Activism and Policy -- 9. The T in LGBTQ: How Do Trans Activists Perceive Alliances within LGBT and Queer Movements in Québec (Canada)? / Chacha Enriquez, Mickael -- 10. Translatina Is about the Journey: A Dialogue on Social Justice for Transgender Latinas in San Francisco / Rodríguez de Ruíz, Alexandra / Ochoa, Marcia -- 11. LGB within the T: Sexual Orientation in the National Transgender Discrimination Survey and Implications for Public Policy / Herman, Jody L. -- Part V: Transforming Disciplines and Pedagogy -- 12. Adventures in Trans Biopolitics: A Comparison between Public Health and Critical Academic Research Praxes / Hwahng, Sel J. -- 13. Stick Figures and Little Bits: Toward a Nonbinary Pedagogy / Enke, A. Finn -- Conclusion: Trans Fantasizing: From Social Media to Collective Imagination / Martínez-San Miguel, Yolanda / Tobias, Sarah -- Notes on Contributors -- Index