1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787435903321

Autore

Arnal Kike

Titolo

Bordered lives : transgender portraits from Mexico / / Kike Arnal ; with an introduction by Susan Stryker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : The New Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-62097-055-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (96 p.)

Classificazione

PHO014000SOC032000SOC012000

Disciplina

306.76/80972

Soggetti

Transgender people - Mexico - Social conditions

Transgender people - Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Prologue; Introduction; Angie Rueda Castillo; Génesis Rafael Lopez Ramirez; Oyuki Martinez Colin; Mario Sanchez Perez & Diana Laura Guerrero Sandoval; Himmel Reyes Lara; Jessica Marjane Duran Franco; Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

A richly evocative collection of photographs by internationally renowned photographer Kike Arnal, Bordered Lives seeks to push back against the transphobic caricatures that have perpetuated discrimination against the transgender community in Mexico. Despite some important advances in recognizing and protecting the rights of its transgender community, including legislating against hate crimes targeting transgender people, discrimination still persists, and the majority of the violent attacks against the LGBT community are against transgender women.In the highly personal profiles that make up Bo