Trans Bodies, Trans Selves

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community
EditorLaura Erickson-Schroth
LanguageEnglish
SubjectTransgender health and wellness
Published2014
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication placeUnited States
Pages649
ISBN9780199325351
OCLC860943941
Websitehttp://transbodies.com

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community is a 2014 non-fiction book published by Oxford University Press.[1] Edited by psychiatrist Laura Erickson-Schroth, it covers health and wellness for transgender and gender non-conforming people.[2] [3] It was a 27th Lambda Literary Awards finalist in the Transgender Nonfiction category and won a 2015 Achievement Award from GLMA: Healthcare Professionals for LGBT Equality.[4] A second edition, with the new subtitle A Resource by and for Transgender Communities, was published in 2022.

Production

The project was inspired by the women's health book Our Bodies, Ourselves.[5][6] Editor Laura Erickson-Schroth explained that both books had similar motivations. She understood that Our Bodies, Ourselves arose when a group of women felt their medical system, composed of mostly men, was not working for them. The women created Our Bodies, Ourselves as a medical manual on topics like abortion, rape, and sexuality. Erickson-Schroth worked in psychiatry and LGBT healthcare, and noticed that many transgender patients she met with in medical school had likewise felt underserved and misunderstood by their medical providers. She wanted to help compile a book that was written by and for trans people so the community could share information with each other in the same way that Our Bodies, Ourselves had.[1]

The editor put out a call for submissions in 2011.[7] Each section was written under the guidance of expert advisors. The foreword is by author Jennifer Finney Boylan.

Contents

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves has over 600 pages organized in eight sections.[3][8]

Six chapters cover various topics relating to trans topics:[3][8]

  • trans identity and intersectional, personal experiences
  • social experiences, employment, and legal issues
  • physical and mental health, medical transition
  • relationships, intimacy, sexuality, parenting
  • aging, lifestages from childhood to elderhood
  • sociopolitics of transness in the U.S.

Sections on media and global leaders are interspersed throughout other chapters, and the book includes hundreds of short stories and art pieces. The authors also include the results of a global survey of trans communities and lists of resources and references.[3] Every chapter includes guides for people dealing with situations or looking for recommendations on various topics covered in the book.[8]

The authors of Our Bodies, Ourselves wrote the afterword to Trans Bodies, Trans Selves.[8]

Reception

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves won a 2015 Achievement Award from GLMA: Healthcare Professionals for LGBT Equality.[4] The book was a finalist for the 2015 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction.[9]

The book received positive reviews from the gender and sexuality scholar Cael M. Keegan in Genders, the children's book author Kyle Lukoff in the American Library Association's GLBT Reviews blog, and the medical doctor Henry H. Ng in LGBT Health.[10][11][12] Daniel K. Phillip, reviewing in the journal Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, cited it as the first comprehensive published resource by and for trans people on trans topics. Phillip valued the diversity of perspectives and representation of intersectional experiences, but said that the second chapter's dated view of race theory contradicted definitions from chapter six. Phillip also appreciated the lists of practical resources and the perspectives of so many trans people included in the book.[13] For the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy Margaret Nichols praised the book as an educational and reference resource, calling it a classic like Our Bodies, Ourselves.[8]

It also received positive coverage in the mainstream press. Jessica Grose wrote in New Republic that the anthology is "brimming with straightforward information about living a life as a gender-nonconforming person in the United States."[14] It was named to several top-ten lists for 2014.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ a b Gross, Terry (17 July 2014). "'Trans Bodies, Trans Selves': A Modern Manual By And For Trans People". Fresh Air. NPR. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. ^ Phillip, Daniel K. (2014). "Review of Trans bodies, trans selves: A resource for the transgender community. ". Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. 1 (4). American Psychological Association: 498–499. doi:10.1037/sgd0000059.
  3. ^ a b c d Erickson-Schroth, Laura. Trans bodies, trans selves: A resource for the transgender community. . pp. xi–xiv. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b McNease, Mark (13 August 2015). "The Fenway Institute Among 2015 GLMA Achievement Award Recipients". LGBT Sr. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  5. ^ Posadzki, Alexandra (30 June 2014). "Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: Roadmap to transgender". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  6. ^ Sanford, Wendy (10 November 2015). "How OBOS Inspired "Trans Bodies, Trans Selves"". ourbodiesourselves.org. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  7. ^ Swadhin, Amita (14 September 2011). ""Trans Bodies, Trans Selves," a New Resource Guide, Seeks Submissions". GLAAD. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  8. ^ a b c d e Nichols, Margaret (27 June 2016). "A Review of "Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community"". Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 42 (5): 477–479. doi:10.1080/0092623X.2016.1194154. ISSN 0092-623X.
  9. ^ "The 27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists". Lambda Literary. 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  10. ^ Keegan, Cael M. (Spring 2013). "Moving Bodies: Sympathetic Migrations in Transgender Narrativity". Genders (57). University of Texas Press. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  11. ^ Lukoff, Kyle (28 August 2014). "Book review: Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community, edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth". American Library Association. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  12. ^ Ng, Henry H. (2015). "Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: The Owner's Manual to Life, Health, and Self". LGBT Health. 2 (3). Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.: 282–283. doi:10.1089/lgbt.2015.0013. PMC 4713020. PMID 27494753.
  13. ^ Phillip, Daniel K. (2014). "Review of Trans bodies, trans selves: A resource for the transgender community". Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. 1 (4): 498. doi:10.1037/sgd0000059. ISSN 2329-0390 – via EBSCO.
  14. ^ Grose, Jessica (8 June 2014). "The Transgender Rights Movement Needs a Goofy, Basic Foundational Text". New Republic. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  15. ^ "10 Must-Read Books When You're Having Gender Questions". SheWired. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  16. ^ Kellaway, Mitch (5 November 2014). "The Year's 10 Best Transgender Non-Fiction Books". The Advocate. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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