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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461645003321

Autore

Shultz Jackson Wright

Titolo

Trans/portraits : voices from transgender communities / / Jackson Wright Shultz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hanover, New Hampshire : , : Dartmouth College Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-61168-808-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Disciplina

306.768

Soggetti

Transsexuals

Transgender people

Transsexualism

Transgenderism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Style; A Brief Time Line of Transgender History in the United States; Character Reference; Introduction; 1 | The Vocabulary I Had Been Lacking; 2 | I've Never Heard of Anyone's Transition Experience Being Easy; 3 | You Can't Do It Alone; 4 | What Happens to Those of Us with Multiple Identities?; 5 | We Don't Put Ourselves in Vulnerable Situations Willingly; 6 | Accidental Activists; Glossary of General Terms; Glossary of Medical Terms; Appendix A | Summary of Criteria for Hormone Therapy and Surgeries

Appendix B | Resources for Medical and Mental Health-Care ProvidersAppendix C | Recommended Reading on Transgender Narratives and History; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A fascinating collective memoir of the lives and experiences of transgender people, in their own voices