America through Transgender Eyes

Description

America through Transgender Eyes provides an opportunity for readers to look at American society through the eyes of transgender people at a time when movements for and against transgender people permeate socio-political discussions throughout the nation. This book provides readers with important insights into the beauty and struggle of transgender people, identities, experiences, and relationships. As political, religious, and scientific traditions update their arguments in relation to growing recognition of transgender lives and histories, America through Transgender Eyes offers an opportunity to visualize the way such traditions appear to some of the people often left out of them. As political battles about the rights of transgender Americans grow throughout the nation, this book provides an important introduction to this population for voters, leaders, activists, and scholars seeking to make sense of the shifting gender dynamics of contemporary America. Contents Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Coming Out (or Not) as Trans 3. Transgender Experience in LGBTQIA Communities 4. Transgender Experience in Cisgender Realities 5. Transgender Experience with Religion 6. Transgender Experience with Medical Science 7. Conclusion Methodological Appendix Bibliography Index