In this extraordinary book, based on 150 in-depth interviews, Lori B. Girshick, a sociologist and social justice activist, brings together the voices of sex- and gender-diverse people who speak with absolute candor about their lives. Girshick presents transpeople speaking in their own voices about identity, coming out, passing, sexual orientation, relationship negotiations and the dynamics of attraction, homophobia (including internalized fears), and bullying. She exposes the guilt and the shame that "gender police" use in their attempts to exert control and points out the many ways transpeople are discriminated against in daily life, from filling out identification documents to gender-segregated bathrooms.By showing us a variety of descriptions of diverse real lives and providing a thorough exploration of the embodied experiences of gender variant people, Girshick demonstrates that there is nothing inherently binary about gender, and that the way each of us experiences our own gender is, in fact, normal and natural.This book offers a revealing look at the lives and perspectives of transgender and gender variant people, based on 150 personal interviews.
- ISBN10 158465838X
- ISBN13 9781584658382
- Publish Date 15 September 2009 (first published 1 April 2008)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University Press of New England
- Format eBook
- Pages 208
- Language English