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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464405403321

Titolo

Trans bodies, trans selves : a resource for the transgender community / / edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-932537-5

0-19-932536-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 649 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

306.76/8

Soggetti

Transgender people

Transgenderism

Gender identity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Introduction by Jennifer Finney Boylan.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Sommario/riassunto

There is no one way to be transgender. Transgender and gender non-conforming people have many different ways of understanding their gender identities. Only recently have sex and gender been thought of as separate concepts, and we have learned that sex (traditionally thought of as physical or biological) is as variable as gender (traditionally thought of as social). While trans people share many common experiences, there is immense diversity within trans communities. There are an estimated 700,000 transgendered individuals in the US and 15 million worldwide. Even still, there's been a notable lack of organized information for this sizable group. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is a revolutionary resource-a comprehensive, reader-friendly guide for transgender people, with each chapter written by transgender or genderqueer authors.--publisher.