The Lives of Transgender People
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (608 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231143060 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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(GLAAD Blog)Lives will be a rich source of data for activists, theorists, and policymakers, as well as one possible model for doing research on sex and gender that allows us to collect meaningful data without depending on the binary male/female, man/woman dichotomies that continue to unhelpfully reduce the variety of human experience to the inflexible straightjackets of innate gender difference. (Paisley Currah, Brooklyn College, City University of New York)The Lives of Transgender People breaks new ground. The Lives of Transgender People is an invaluable reference for researchers, activists, and policymakers. (Arlene Istar Lev, University of Albany, School of Social Welfare, and Choices Counseling and Consulting)The authors have done an excellent job of using up-to-date references and the text is reflective of current trends. This book's greatest strengths are twofold: it outli
They explore when and how participants noted a feeling of difference because of their gender, the issues that caused them to feel uncertain about their gender identities, the factors that encouraged them to embrace a transgender identity, and the steps they have taken to meet other transgender individuals. Grounded in empirical data yet rich with human testimony, The Lives of Transgender People adds uncommon depth to the literature on this subject and introduces fresh pathways for future research.. Responding to a critical ne
She has presented and published widely on the impact of sexism, racism, genderism, and heterosexism in the academy and intercollegiate athletics. Her recent publications include the 2010 State of Higher Education for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People and Our Place on Campus: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Services and Programs in Higher Education.. Genny B
Should be required reading in all gender studies curricula Dave Parker There are few surprises in this report for those of us who have been allies or activists for many years, but this book is the best I have seen so far to help those outside our community understand transgender at least a little better. It should be required reading in all gender studies courses.Fortunately, the authors use the term transgender in it's broadest meaning. One surprising result of their study is expressed as follows: "In our survey, respondents offered more than a hundred different descriptions for their gender identity besides the traditional categories of men, women, and transgender." Many, or perhaps m. Fantastic and insightful Mary Lavers (in Canada) When Geeny Beemyn and Susan Rankin set out to conduct a study of transgender people in the United States, they did something most people writing about transgender never do: they listened. They invited thousands of people to participate in surveys and to "self-identify," whether it was as transgender, transvestite, genderqueer, androgyne, drag queen or any other variation that described a gender identity other than binary male or female and in keeping with the gender one was assigned at birth. They also included people who used to identify as transgender but no longer did (as in the case of MTF or FTM transgenders who. "A thoughtful and informative study on transgender experiences" according to Veda P. The authors Beemyn and Rankin present results of their exhaustive research in an understandable way. It shows there is no single way of being transgender but many. Since transpeople are relatively few, the lives of transgender people rely greatly on the awareness of the cisgendered. Their work would undoubtedly raise awareness in the population if widely read. Spread the word.