Trans studies: historische, begriffliche und aktivistische Aspekte
In: challenge GENDER Band 6
In: challenge GENDER Band 6
Exposing the prejudices faced by trans people today, this uncompromising book looks at the life and death of a young trans woman, Synestra de Courcy, following neglect from the NHS. Illustrated by this tragic example, Jane Fae goes on to examine the societal discrimination faced daily by trans people, and the impact that can have
In: Münchner ethnographische Schriften Band 24
In: Oldenburger Beiträge zur Geschlechterforschung Band 15
Trans* und Inter* Menschen verunsichern die kulturell gesellschaftliche Ordnung der Zweigeschlechtlichkeit. Während Medizin und Sexualwissenschaften sich seit langem mit Inter- und Transsexualität beschäftigen, wird die aktivistische Kritik am gesellschaftlichen und akademischen Umgang mit Trans* und Inter* seit den 2000er Jahren lauter. Der Band versammelt Beiträge aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum, die sich aus Perspektiven kultur- und sozialwissenschaftlich orientierter Geschlechterforschung mit Inter- und Transgeschlechtlichkeit auseinandersetzen. Die Texte entwickeln theoretisch-methodische Zugänge für eine nicht pathologisierende Wissensproduktion über Trans* und Inter* und setzen die eigene Forschung in ein solidarisches Verhältnis mit den politischen Bewegungen von Trans*- und Inter*-Aktivist_innen. Damit liefert der Band vielfältige Einblicke in aktuelle Forschungsdebatten und Denkanstöße für künftige Auseinandersetzungen.
"I have the worst birth defect a woman can have: I was born with a penis and a pair of testicles."Thus we meet Hera, who shares her reason for starting psychoanalysis and whose statement embodies the debate over transgenderism, rigorously dissected in Please Select Your Gender. Is it a mental disorder, as some would claim, or a matter of sexual identity? An orientation or a life choice? Despite differing opinions, transgenderism has lost much of its stigma over the past decade or so - though perhaps none of its shock value. Nevertheless, the door is open for a reformulation of the hysterical q
Trans People in Love provides insight into the beauty and complexity that trans identity brings to relationships, the skills needed to forge positive relationships, and demonstrates the reality that trans people in all stages of transition can create loving relationships that are both physically and emotionally fulfilling
"This biographical study of three late nineteenth-century French writers looks at how transgender identities were expressed and understood before the modern category of transgender existed. At once construed as oddities and celebrated for their accomplishments, archaeologist and explorer Jane Dieulafoy (1851-1916), art critic Marc de Montifaud (1845-1912), and novelist and playwright Rachilde (1860-1953) defied the available terms for women who challenged gender norms. The book uses the contemporary lens of transgender to examine the fascinating and very different life stories of these overlooked historical figures, while introducing us to their writing and photography"--
In: Empirische Linguistik / Empirical Linguistics
This interdisciplinary study examines how transgender individuals change their names in the course of their gender transition. It reveals the enormous social significance of first names in interpersonal communication and managing gender – along with other social differences – thereby showing the close interrelationships between language, law, and society in this realm.
In: Analyzing the Issues Ser
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1: What the Experts Say -- 2: What the Government and Church Leaders Say -- 3: What the Courts Say -- 4: What Advocacy Groups Say -- 5: What the Media Say -- 6: What Ordinary People Say -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter Notes -- Glossary -- For More Information -- Index -- Back Cover
A groundbreaking look at the lives of transgender children and their families Some "boys" will only wear dresses; some "girls" refuse to wear dresses; in both cases, as Ann Travers shows in this fascinating account of the lives of transgender kids, these are often more than just wardrobe choices. Travers shows that from very early ages, some at two and three years old, these kids find themselves to be different from the sex category that was assigned to them at birth. How they make their voices heard--to their parents and friends, in schools, in public spaces, and through the courts--is the focus of this remarkable and groundbreaking book. Based on interviews with transgender kids, ranging in age from 4 to 20, and their parents, and over five years of research in the US and Canada, The Trans Generation offers a rare look into what it is like to grow up as a trans child. From daycare to birthday parties and from the playground to the school bathroom, Travers takes the reader inside the day-to-day realities of trans kids who regularly experience crisis as a result of the restrictive ways in which sex categories regulate their lives and put pressure on them to deny their internal sense of who they are in gendered terms. As a transgender activist and as an advocate for trans kids, Travers is able to document from first-hand experience the difficulties of growing up trans and the challenges that parents can face. The book shows the incredible time, energy, and love that these parents give to their children, even in the face of, at times, unsupportive communities, schools, courts, health systems, and government laws. Keeping in mind that all trans kids are among the most vulnerable to bullying, violent attacks, self-harm, and suicide, and that those who struggle with poverty, racism, lack of parental support, learning differences, etc, are extremely at risk, Travers offers ways to support all trans kids through policy recommendations and activist interventions. Ultimately, the book is meant to open up options for kids' own gender self-determination, to question the need for the sex binary, and to highlight ways that cultural and material resources can be redistributed more equitably. The Trans Generation offers an essential and important new understanding of childhood. --Publisher description
In: The History of the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement Ser
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Brazil: A Land of Contradictions -- Native Americans Go From Berdache to Two-Spirit -- Polynesian Transgender Populations -- The Third Reich -- Transgender America -- Hijras -- The Future Is Nonbinary -- Timeline -- Glossary -- For More Information -- For Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover
In: Appalachian futures: black, native, and queer voices
"I've lived a completely ordinary life, so much that I don't know how to write a transgender or queer or Appalachian story, because I don't feel like I've lived one. ... Though, in searching for ways to write myself in my stories, maybe I can find power in this ordinariness." Raised in southeast Ohio, Stacy Jane Grover would not describe her upbringing as "Appalachian." Appalachia existed farther afield-more rural, more country than the landscape of her hometown. Grover returned to the places of her childhood to reconcile her identity and experience with the culture and the people who had raised her. She began to reflect on her memories and discovered that group identities like Appalachian and transgender are linked by more than just the stinging brand of social otherness. In Tar Hollow Trans, Grover explores her transgender experience through common Appalachian cultural traditions. In "Dead Furrows," a death vigil and funeral leads to an investigation of Appalachian funerary rituals and their failure to help Grover cope with the grief of being denied her transness. "Homeplace" threads family interactions with farm animals and Grover's coming out journey, illuminating the disturbing parallels between the American Veterinary Association's guidelines for ethical euthanasia and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health's guidelines for transgender care. Together, her essays write transgender experience into broader cultural narratives beyond transition and interrogate the failures of concepts such as memory, metaphor, heritage, and tradition. Tar Hollow Trans investigates the ways the labels of transgender and Appalachian have been created and understood and reckons with the ways the ever-becoming transgender self, like a stigmatized region, can find new spaces of growth"--