Transgender Studies

In the 1970s, queer people were openly despised, and drag queens scared the public. Yet this was the era when Doris Fish (born Philip Mills in 1952) painted and padded his way to stardom. He was a leader of the generation that prepared the world not just...

At least two generations of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people have emerged since Becoming a Visible Man was first published in 2004, but the book remains a beloved resource for trans people and their allies. Since the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525573425Author Gigi GorgeousFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Harmony BooksPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

'Bboy' means 'boy' in a very particular form of internet cat-speak. You can pronounce it 'boy', 'buh-boy' or 'bee-boy', whatever makes your heart happiest. It's not always easy to live your life with kindness, but Ellen Murray and her cat Bilbo are doing...

Binding is a crucial strategy in many transgender and non-binary people's lives for coping with gender dysphoria, yet the vast majority of those who bind report some negative physical symptoms. Written by Frances Reed, a licensed bodywork and massage...

AASECT Book Award for General Audience'A joy to read' ESSIE DENNIS'A beautifully written collection' JUNO ROCHEWe're here. We're queer. We're fat.This one-of-a-kind collection of prose and poetry radically explores the intersection of fat and queer...

In her latest book, New Life, Lambda Award-winning poet Ana Bozicevic writes, "For my birthday I want a cake/revealing the color of my soul." Never saccharine, these poems are by turns cheeky and heartfelt, grounded and wistful, and above all-surprising...

When Selenis Leyva's parents adopted a baby into their warm, loving family, Selenis was immediately smitten. The pair was always close; Selenis showered her younger sibling with affection, who in turn looked up to Selenis and followed her everywhere. The...

An inspiring and beautifully produced series of photo-portraits of LGBTQ Russians living in an increasingly homophobic Russia Do we want children from elementary school to be imposed with things that lead to degradation and extinction? Do we want them to...

Starting in the nineteenth century in Germany, colourful military uniforms became a locus for various queer male fantasies, fostering an underground sexual economy of male prostitution as well as a political project to exploit the army's prestige for...

The internet origins of the American transgender movement The Two Revolutions explores how the rise of the internet shaped transgender identity and activism from the 1980s to the present. Through extensive archival research and media archeology, Avery...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983870487Author Shelley R RothFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Springboard PublishingPublisher Springboard PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506473574Author Roberto Che EspinozaFormat HardbackPage Count 236Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Named one of the Best Photo Books of the Year by SmithsonianA stunning full-color collection of photographs, old and new, by the renowned photographer and LGBTQIA+ activist Lola Flash Working at the forefront of genderqueer visual politics, celebrated...

Identifying as a trans and/or non-binary person in today's society can be a daily challenge. However, these challenges can also lead you to experience a spectrum of emotions and experiences others can only dream of, and untold strength and power - if...

**Finalist, PROSE Award in Clinical Medicine** A rich examination of the history of trans medicine and current day practice Surfacing in the mid-twentieth century, yet shrouded in social stigma, transgender medicine is now a rapidly growing medical...

Lambda Literary Award for Best Book in Transgender Nonfiction, 2013An exploration of the impact of trans issues in various aspects of higher education.About the AuthorAnne Enke (now Finn Enke )is Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies,...

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. How do we prepare for the penultimate stage of life? This is a crucial question now facing the ageing post-war generation. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047234Author Louie LaugerFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

In WATCHNIGHT, we accompany Johnson’s unnamed protagonist on a psychedelic quest across myriad forms, places, and times marked by climate crisis, exodus, and Black trans identity-making. In exhilarating lyric poems and chiseled prose blocks, Cyrée...

Alex Reegan's incredible story of healing and growth is your call to look within and live as your most authentic self.As a trans man born into an evangelical Christian family that prevented his true identity from emerging, Alex spent years struggling...

In Poetic Operations artist and theorist micha cardenas considers contemporary digital media, artwork, and poetry in order to articulate trans of color strategies for safety and survival. Drawing on decolonial theory, women of color feminism, media...

A collection of psychedelic poems inspired by Egyptian queen, Nefertiti, exploring the slippage between her image and legacy across time, place, and space.A Beauty Has Come takes the reader on a sonic exploration across desert plains and resonant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551528540Author S. Bear BergmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Arsenal Pulp PressPublisher Arsenal Pulp Press

Winner, 2023 Bernard S. Cohn Prize, Association for Asian Studies Winner, 2021 Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences Winner, 2021 Ruth Benedict Prize, Association for Queer Anthropology Honorable Mention, 2023 Anne Bolin & Gil Herdt Book...

Examining trans- healthcare as a key site through which struggles for health and justice take shape Over the past two decades, medical and therapeutic approaches to transgender patients have changed radically, from treating a supposed pathology to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641800273Author Michigan State School of JournalismFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Michigan State University School of JournalismPublisher Michigan...

Dancing Motherhood explores how unique factors about the dance profession impact pregnant women and mothers working in it.Ali Duffy introduces the book by laying a foundation of social and cultural histories and systemic structures and power that shape...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977253224Author Jody DunganFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 177g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798987206010Author Ocean AtlasFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Condor Maple PressPublisher Condor Maple PressWeight(grams) 95g

Intersectional in approach, this volume of Advances in Gender Research offers an overview of the ways in which environments — broadly defined to include social, natural and built territories, domains and habitats — are gendered. Rooted in qualitative,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957048857Author Tasha KuxhausenFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Merack PublishingPublisher Merack PublishingWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Gender can be rendered invisible when the gendered nature of institutions is ignored or when the genders of participants in events or movements are not identified. The genders of non-binary and gender-diverse individuals can be erased when gender is...

Highlights the work trans youth do to create inclusive spaces in schools Fierce, Fabulous, and Fluid presents a poignant critique of educational policies aimed at supporting trans and gender-nonconforming youth in schools. Over the years, caring adults...

Highlights the work trans youth do to create inclusive spaces in schools Fierce, Fabulous, and Fluid presents a poignant critique of educational policies aimed at supporting trans and gender-nonconforming youth in schools. Over the years, caring adults...

Surveying over four centuries, this volume brings together a wide-ranging selection of artworks and artefacts that highlight under-recognised histories of trans and gender-nonconforming communities. Through the contributions of artists, writers, poets,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952356018Author S M RodriguezFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Wagadu PressPublisher Wagadu PressWeight(grams) 313g

Written with keen perception and insatiable curiosity, Chris Nealon's fifth book of poetry, All About You, is both a study of personhood and a diary of release from it. “You almost let your ego go,” he writes, “but oh—/maybe tomorrow.” Revolving through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551528212Author andrea bennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Arsenal Pulp PressPublisher Arsenal Pulp Press

Written with keen perception and insatiable curiosity, Chris Nealon's fifth book of poetry, All About You, is both a study of personhood and a diary of release from it. “You almost let your ego go,” he writes, “but oh—/maybe tomorrow.” Revolving through...