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The Lives of Transgender People
Genny Beemyn
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Description for The Lives of Transgender People
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 20 illus.; 10 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288. 248 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFSJ5. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 14. Weight: 288.
Responding to a critical need for greater perspectives on transgender life in the United States, Genny Beemyn and Susan (Sue) Rankin apply their extensive expertise to a groundbreaking survey--one of the largest ever conducted in the U.S.--on gender development and identity-making among transsexual women, transsexual men, crossdressers, and genderqueer individuals. With nearly 3,500 participants, the survey is remarkably diverse, and with more than 400 follow-up interviews, the data offers limitless opportunities for research and interpretation. Beemyn and Rankin track the formation of gender identity across individuals and groups, beginning in childhood and marking the "touchstones" that led participants to ... Read more
Responding to a critical need for greater perspectives on transgender life in the United States, Genny Beemyn and Susan (Sue) Rankin apply their extensive expertise to a groundbreaking survey--one of the largest ever conducted in the U.S.--on gender development and identity-making among transsexual women, transsexual men, crossdressers, and genderqueer individuals. With nearly 3,500 participants, the survey is remarkably diverse, and with more than 400 follow-up interviews, the data offers limitless opportunities for research and interpretation. Beemyn and Rankin track the formation of gender identity across individuals and groups, beginning in childhood and marking the "touchstones" that led participants to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231143073
SKU
V9780231143073
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About Genny Beemyn
Genny Beemyn, the director of the Stonewall Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is a leading expert on the experiences of transgender people in the United States and on the development of transgender-inclusive college policies and practices. A gender nonconforming individual, Dr. Beemyn has published and spoken extensively on the needs of transgender students, and hir publications include Creating ... Read more
Reviews for The Lives of Transgender People
This book's greatest strengths are twofold: it outlines a wide diversity of gender identities that step outside of previous identity markers, including the experiences of young genderqueer people, and it contributes to research on trans people, which has been very out of date.
Arlene Istar Lev, University of Albany, School of Social Welfare, and Choices Counseling and Consulting The ... Read more
Arlene Istar Lev, University of Albany, School of Social Welfare, and Choices Counseling and Consulting The ... Read more