The Transgender Issue (Softcover)

Wie auch in Deutschland werden in England trans* Personen immer wieder angegriffen, in Frage gestellt und als Bedrohung dargestellt. Shon Faye zeigt trans* Realitäten auf, widerlegt transfeindliche Mythen und argumentiert für eine Gesellschaft, die besser für alle wäre. (Rezi von Anton)

Voller Fakten zu Geschichte und aktueller Situation von trans Personen in UK, aber auch in Deutschland. Besonders gut fand ich, dass intersektionalen Perspektiven Raum gegeben wurde. (Rezi von Ulla)

Verlagsbeschreibung:

Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than one per cent of the country's population, they are the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarized 'debate' which generates reliable controversy for newspapers and talk shows. This media frenzy conceals a simple fact: that we are having the wrong conversation, a conversation in which trans people themselves are reduced to a talking point and denied a meaningful voice.

In this powerful new book, Shon Faye reclaims the idea of the 'transgender issue' to uncover the reality of what it means to be trans in a transphobic society. In doing so, she provides a compelling, wide-ranging analysis of trans lives from youth to old age, exploring work, family, housing, healthcare, the prison system and trans participation in the LGBTQ+ and feminist communities, in contemporary Britain and beyond.

The Transgender Issue is a landmark work that signals the beginning of a new, healthier conversation about trans life. It is a manifesto for change, and a call for justice and solidarity between all marginalized people and minorities. Trans liberation, as Faye sees it, goes to the root of what our society is and what it could be; it offers the possibility of a more just, free and joyful world for all of us.

'Fundamentally not a culture-war book. It operates outside the narrow coverage of trans people in the mainstream, and lays bare the inarguable facts' New Statesman

'Monumental and utterly convincing - crystal clear in its understanding of how the world should be' Judith Butler

Auf Deutsch gibt es das Buch hier.