"Each title in the Unlocking Current Issues series presents the evolution of a salient current issue, with a focus on providing historical evidence of key moments in the development of the issue through excerpts of primary documents and contextual information, and a clear summary of positions. This volume focuses on transgender life"--
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Social Reproduction and Social Cognition: Theorizing (Trans)gender Identity Development in Community Context -- 2 Trans Work: Employment Trajectories, Labour Discipline and Gender Freedom -- 3 Judith Butler's Scientific Revolution: Foundations for a Transsexual Marxism -- 4 How Do Gender Transitions Happen? -- 5 A Queer Marxist Transfeminism: Queer and Trans Social Reproduction -- 6 Notes from Brazil -- 7 Queer Workerism Against Work: Strategising Transgender Labourers, Social Reproduction & Class Formation
Religious beliefs and transgender support can go hand-in-hand / William Galo and Tina Trinh -- Transgender people in chosen restrooms : there's nothing to fear but fear itself / Dara Hoffman-Fox -- Obama rebuke of bathroom bill did not go far enough / Tom Carter -- Obamacare a gift for those planning gender reassignment surgery / Anna Gorman -- Will fairness be impacted by transgender people in sports competition? / Katharina Lindner -- Hate crime laws must go farther to protect transgender individuals / Victoria Law -- Transgender rights are human rights / Human Rights Campaign -- How about educating everyone in school about transgender rights? / Brenda Alvarez -- Transgender employees must be treated with dignity and respect / United States Office of Personnel Management -- Equal opportunity in the military must include transgender servicepeople / Ash Carter -- Allowing trans people to serve openly in military opens bad can of worms / Elaine Donnelly -- Gender identity limiting transgender vote ? but not due to discrimination / German Lopez -- Must it take death of transgender prisoner to wake up system? / Samantha Pegg
Intro -- Contents -- In Memoriam -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Language and Terminology -- Overview -- Introduction -- Gender -- Gender Role -- Description of the Various Terms -- Learning Points -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 2 -- The Prevalence of Being Transgender: Estimating the Size of the Transgender Population -- Overview -- Introduction -- The Complexities of Finding Out about Prevalence Rates -- Some Numbers -- Clinical Studies -- Prevalence According to Age and Gender -- Population Surveys -- Other Prevalent Studies -- Conclusion -- Learning Points -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Historical Background and Theories Regarding the Causes of Being Transgender -- Overview -- Introduction -- Historical Background -- Transgender People in History -- Psychological Theories -- Medical Treatment over the Years -- Why Do Some People Identify as Transgender? -- Biological Theories -- Family Studies -- Brain Studies -- Differences in Transgender People -- Hormonal Studies -- Gene Studies -- Psychosocial and Cultural Factors -- Learning Points -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 4 -- Diagnostic Classification for Gender Identity-Related Phenomena Over the Years -- Overview -- Introduction -- Overview of Gender Identity Diagnoses in DSM and -- Rationale for Changes -- Core Criteria -- DSM-III - Introduction of Diagnostic Criteria for Transsexualism -- From DSM-III to DSM-III-R -- From DSM-III-R to DSM-IV -- From DSM-IV-R to DSM-5 -- Specifiers -- Conclusion -- Learning Points -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 5 -- Gender Dysphoria and Gender Incongruence in Children -- Overview -- Introduction -- Gender Dysphoria and Gender Incongruence in Childhood -- Prevalence of Gender Incongruence and Gender Dysphoria in Childhood -- Psychological Functioning and Social Acceptance
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: Overview -- 1 What Does It Mean to Be Transgender? -- 2 A Brief History of Transgender People -- 3 Transitioning -- 4 Physical Health -- 5 Mental Health -- Part II: Controversies and Issues -- 6 Discrimination against Transgender People -- 7 Access to Health and Social Services and Public Facilities -- 8 Transgender Athletes: Who Competes against Whom? -- 9 Normative Gender Dichotomies and Alternatives -- 10 Parenting and Family Issues -- 11 Research Issues -- Part III: Scenarios -- 12 Case Studies -- Glossary -- Timeline -- Sources for Further Information -- Index -- About the Author
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Toward a Trans of Color Critique of Medicine -- 1. The Racial Plasticity of Gender and the Child -- 2. Before Transsexuality: The Transgender Child from the 1900s to the 1930s -- 3. Sex in Crisis: Intersex Children in the 1950s and the Invention of Gender -- 4. From Johns Hopkins to the Midwest: Transgender Childhood in the 1960s -- 5. Transgender Boyhood, Race, and Puberty in the 1970s -- Conclusion: How to Bring Your Kids Up Trans -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
"Transgenderism in the twenty-first century is patriarchy emblazoned in imperial form. At a time when supposedly enlightened attitudes are championed by the mainstream, philosopher and activist Heather Brunskell-Evans shows how, in plain view under the guise of liberalism, a regressive men's rights movement is posing a massive threat to the human rights of women and children everywhere. This movement is transgender politics which, while spouting platitudes about equality, is in reality colonising and erasing the bodies, agency and autonomy of women and children, while asserting men's rights to bodily intrusion into every social and personal space. The transgender agenda redefines diversity and inclusion utilising the language of victimhood. In a complete reversal of feminist gender critical analyses, sex and gender are redefined: identity is now called 'innate' (a 'feeling' located somewhere in the body) and biological sex is said to be socially constructed (and hence changeable). This ensures a lifetime of drug dependency for transitioners, thereby delivering vast profits for Big Pharma in a capitalist dream. Everyone, including every trans person, has the right to live freely without discrimination. But the transgender movement has been hijacked by misogynists who are appropriating and inverting the struggles of feminism to deliver an agenda devoid of feminist principles. In a chilling twist, when feminists critique the patriarchal status quo it is now they who are alleged to be extremists for not allowing men's interests to control the political narrative. Institutions whose purpose is to defend human rights now interpret truth speech as hate speech, and endorse the no-platforming of women as ethical."--
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Background and History -- Introduction -- Terminology -- Sex -- Gender -- Other Terms -- From the Ancients to the 1700s-Recognition of Gender Diversity -- Gender Diversity and the Imposition of Eurocentric Laws and Religion -- Problems with Western Terminology: Case in Point, the Hijras of India -- De-Colonial Recovery Projects -- Gender Diversity in Spiritual and Religious Practices -- Ancient Egypt -- India and Nepal -- Ancient Judaism -- Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Sexology -- The 1890s to the 1940s: Popular Culture -- The 1950s: Underground Trans Culture -- Developments from the 1950s to the 1970s -- Anti-Masquerading Laws and Police Violence -- May 1959: Cooper's Do-Nuts-Los Angeles -- April 1965: Dewey's Famous-Philadelphia -- August 1966: Compton's Cafeteria-San Francisco -- June 1969: Stonewall Inn-New York -- The 1970s -- Transphobia in the LGBTQ2+ Community -- Trans in Popular Culture -- Research and Community-Building in the 1970s and 1980s -- The 1980s: AIDS and the Trans Community -- The 1990s: The Power of Internet Access -- The Twenty-First Century: Global Changes -- 2000 to 2010 -- 2011 to 2018 -- References -- 2 Problems, Controversies ,and Solutions -- Introduction -- Transgender Terminology -- Is Gender Identity the Same as Sexual Orientation? -- Is Trans a Disease or a Natural Variation? -- Trans as an Innate Condition -- Treatment Issues -- Informed Consent -- Gender Transitions for Children and Youth -- Fertility and Reproduction -- Individualized Treatment Pathways -- Trans, Non-Binary, and Two-Spirit Inclusion in Health Care -- The Need for Trans-Inclusive Clinics and Hospitals: The Case of Robert Eads (1945-1999) -- Educational Access for Trans, Non-Binary, and Two-Spirit Students -- K-12 in the United States
Front Cover -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- My raised consciousness -- 1. Women's Bodies -- 1.1 What Is a Woman? -- Women with penises: Queer Theory -- Transwomen are women: Get over it -- Affirmative psychology: A man is a woman if he says he is -- 1.2 Shaming Gender Critical Feminists -- Intersectional feminism -- 1.3 A Woman Is an Adult Human Female -- Women's bodies and binary sex -- Pregnancy and reproduction -- Pregnant men -- Reclaiming biology -- Gender neutrality -- Lesbians: Same-sex attraction or 'lesbians' with penises? -- Lesbians are adult human females -- Patriarchy -- 2. Girls' Bodies -- 2.1 The 'Transboy' -- Trans affirmative psychotherapy -- A girl is a boy if she says she is -- The 'transboy' and 'his' body: Hormone therapy -- The 'transboy's' 'existential choice' to use hormone treatment -- 2.2 A Girl Is a Young Human Female -- Sex/Gender -- Clinical psychology -- Muzzling dissent -- 2.3 The Sacrificial 'Transboy' -- Child 'consent' to medical treatment -- The iatrogenic 'transboy' -- The body -- Detransitioners: Kiera Bell -- 3. The Male Body Politic -- 3.1 Queering the Law and Social Policy -- The Gender Recognition Act 2004 -- 'Feminist' politicians speak with one voice -- The erosion of single-sex spaces -- A Woman's Place is standing her ground -- 3.2 The Trans Human Rights Paradigm -- Women's prisons -- The case of Karen White -- The authoritarian Left: The case of the Labour Party -- Intersectional feminism revisited -- 4. The Naked Emperor -- 4.1 Sex Matters -- Diversity and exclusion -- 4.2 The Butlerian Jihad -- 4.3 The Transgender Empire -- 'The Gender Industrial Complex' -- Big business dressed in civil rights clothes -- Reform of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- References -- Acknowledgements.