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Now in a new, thoroughly updated edition,
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves remains a revolutionary resource-a comprehensive, reader-friendly guide for transgender people, with each chapter written by transgender and gender expansive authors.
List of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction, Editing Team
- About This Book
- Foreword, Kai Cheng Thom
- Section 1: Who We Are
- Chapter 1: Our Selves, Mira C. Jourdan and Harper B. Keenan
- Chapter 2: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture, Romeo Romero and Sy Simms
- Chapter 3: Immigration, Maria Carmen Hinayon
- Chapter 4: Disabilities, Sarah Cavar and Alexandre Baril
- Chapter 5: Religion and Spirituality, Kelsey Pacha
- Chapter 6: Sex and Gender Development, E. Kale Edmiston, Laura Erickson-Schroth, Miqqi Alicia Gilbert, T. Evan Smith, and Anastacia Tomson
- Section 2: Living as Ourselves
- Chapter 7: Coming Out, Reid Vanderburgh
- Chapter 8: Social Transition, Florence Ashley and Avy A. Skolnik
- Chapter 9: Work and Employment, Lily Zheng and Jillian Weiss
- Chapter 10: Legal Issues, Sasha Buchert and Ezra Young
- Section 3: Health and Wellness
- Chapter 11: General, Sexual, and Reproductive Health, Nick Gorton, and Hilary Maia Grubb
- Chapter 12: Medical Transition, A.C. Demidont, Paul Irons, and Jamie E. Mehringer
- Chapter 13: Surgical Transition, Gaines Blasdel and Nathan Levitt
- Chapter 14: Mental Health and Emotional Wellness, Sand Chang and Nathaniel G. Sharon
- Section 4: Relationships and Families
- Chapter 15: Intimate Relationships, Andie Leslie, Micah Rea, Sarah E. Belawski and Carey Jean Sojka
- Chapter 16: Sexuality, Tobi Hill-Meyer, Mx Nillin Lore, Jiz Lee, and Dean Scarborough
- Chapter 17: Parenting, Junior Brainard and Morgan Weinert
- Section 5: Life Stages
- Chapter 18: Children, Aidan Key and Micah Vacatio
- Chapter 19: Youth, G. Nic Rider and Colt St. Amand
- Chapter 20: Aging, Leigh Anne Gregory and Pony Knowles
- Section 6: Claiming Our Power
- Chapter 21: U.S. History, Andrés C. López and Qwo-Li Driskill
- Chapter 22: Arts and Culture, Erica Chu, Arbor Archuletta, and Joseph Liatela
- Chapter 23: Activism, Politics, and Organizing, Benji Hart and Kung Feng
- Afterword, Jennifer Finney Boylan
- Contributors
- Glossary, edited by Kevin Johnson
- Index
- Suggestions
About the author
Laura Erickson-Schroth, MD, MA, is a psychiatrist at Columbia University Medical Center and Hetrick-Martin Institute for LGBTQ+ Youth. She is the editor of
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, an award-winning resource guide written by and for transgender people, as well as co-author of two other books,
Gender: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford, 2021) and
"You're in the Wrong Bathroom," and 20 Other Myths and Misconceptions about Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People (Beacon Press, 2017). Laura has appeared on NPR's Fresh Air and On Point and is a former board member of the New York County Psychiatric Society, the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists, and GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality.
Summary
Now in a new, thoroughly updated edition, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves remains a revolutionary resource-a comprehensive, reader-friendly guide for transgender people, with each chapter written by transgender and gender expansive authors.
