This volume of Advances in Gender Research gives space and voice to trans peoples' experiences and interactions with various social institutions, including but not limited to, social media, healthcare and medicalization, the criminal justice system, and the family. The chapters in this volume utilize intersectional approaches, qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and many have clear implications for policy and advocacy for trans and gender diverse people.
The first part of the book covers a wide array of issues relating to health and healthcare for trans people, with authors examining health and aging for older trans people, the continued cisnormativity and transphobia that plagues the healthcare field, questions of body modification and how this relates to fertility, as well as access to mental health care. Part two explores trans inclusion in institutions and societies around the world, with authors exploring non-binary gender options on state sanctioned identification, prison experiences and policy recommendations in the U.S. and England, and positive changes to support trans students on college campuses. Part three covers trans resources, healing, and resilience.
The aim of this volume is greater than merely updating the research in trans studies, it stems from a desire to support the trans community in the continued fight for recognition and rights. The volume urges scholars to better understand gender expansion and to turn more attention towards trans hope. To encourage this, the volume ends with a section on resources, healing, and resilience, paving the way for the future of trans studies in sociology.
Table of Contents:
Introduction; Baker A. Rogers, Austin H. Johnson, and Tiffany Taylor
Section 1: Trans Health
Chapter 1. Health and Aging among Middle and Later Age Transgender Populations; Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski, J. E. Sumerau, and Lain A. B. Mathers
Chapter 2. Maintaining Cisnormative Accountability: Medical Providers’ Negotiation of Transgender Healthcare; William C. Stallings, Nik M. Lampe, and Emily S. Mann
Chapter 3. “You’re Going to Want to Freeze Your Eggs”: Conversations Surrounding Fertility between Healthcare Professionals, Parents, and Transgender Adolescents; Lindsay Toman
Chapter 4. Enhancing Selves by Gendering Bodies: Comparing Surgical Body Modifications among Transgender and Cisgender People; Elroi J. Windsor
Chapter 5. Gendering the Fat Body: Rhetoric & Personhood in Transition; Han Koehle
Section 2: Toward Trans-Inclusive Institutions and Societies
Chapter 6. Trans and Non-binary Identities and a Politics Beyond Recognition: On the Possibility of the X; C. L. Quinan and Dagmar Oosthoek
Chapter 7. Policy Recommendations for Incarcerated Trans Men in the United States; Sarah Rogers
Chapter 8. Doubly imprisoned: Transgender and Non-Binary Prisoners’ Experiences in England and Wales; Olga Suhomlinova and Saoirse O’Shea
Chapter 9. Shifting Understanding, Creating Inclusive Collegiate Culture; Emily Fairchild
Section 3: Trans Resources, Healing, and Resilience
Chapter 10. “I’m Technically Not Disowned”: Familial Strain, Trans Resilience, and Bargaining for Belonging; Bailey Troia
Chapter 11. “Being Able to Breathe Publicly": Trans and Gender Nonconforming People Healing through Embodied Activity; Kai P. Blake-Leibowitz
Chapter 12. Managing Hopelessness: The Health-Seeking Processes and Negotiations for Queer and/or Trans People; Sameera V. Akella
Chapter 13. Social Support Networks within Transgender Facebook Groups: Facing a “therapeutic shield” in France; Yael Armangau and Julien Figeac
Conclusion; Austin H. Johnson, Baker A. Rogers, and Tiffany Taylor
About the Author :
Austin H. Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Kenyon College (USA). He serves as Research Director at Campaign for Southern Equality and Senior Fellow at the Center for Applied Transgender Studies.
Baker A. Rogers is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Georgia Southern University (USA). Their research focuses on inequality, specifically examining the intersections of gender, sexuality, and religion in the U.S. South.
Tiffany Taylor is a Professor of Sociology at Kent State University at Kent (USA). Her research focuses on inequality and paid and unpaid work.
