Navigating Trans*+ and Complex Gender Identities

Description

We all encounter others whose gender identities differ from our own, whether it is in the classroom, in public, in the media or online. For many, there is anxiety about which words to use in conversation and sometimes people keep quiet so as to not offend someone whose gender identity may not be readily discernible, when in actuality, what they desire is to understand, learn, and interact. This book offers practical research-based strategies for expanding personal, social and political awareness about gender-identity privileges - helping the reader to work through fears and unpack ingrained communication patterns and language. In order to better understand the ever-evolving landscape of gender identity the authors provide historical and political background for the transgender movement and consider how issues of age, culture, race, social class, media, celebrity and religion affect transgender identities. The book includes a glossary of key terms, a foreword from leading transgender rights activist, Jamison Green, and an afterword by Meredith Talusan, Contributing Editor at them. Written for educators and individuals committed to learning about changes and shifts in gender identities, this book gives grounded, real-time, practical and solution-oriented ideas and language about how to be a better communicator, listener and responder to trans and non-binary gender identities. Cover Contents List of Contributors Preface sj Miller Foreword Jamison Green Acknowledgments 1 Transgender Generations and Technologies of Recognition Cris Mayo 2 Working through Concerns and Fears: Tips for Communicating and Messaging about Gender Identity Complexity for Cisgender People sj Miller 3 Critical Consumption of Transgender and Nonbinary Representations in Popular Culture and Social Media Rhea Ashley Hoskin, Jessie Earl, and Ashleigh Yule 4 Advocacy Beyond: Continuing Commitments, Personal and Social Growth Jamison Green Afterword Meredith Talusan Appendices Glossary of Shifting Terms References Index