The Trans Generation

How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) are Creating a Gender Revolution

Author: Ann Travers
ISBN: 9781479885794

Winner, 2019 PROSE Award for Anthropology, Criminology and Anthropology, presented by the Association of American PublishersA groundbreaking look at the lives of transgender children and their families Some “boys” will only wear dresses; some “girls” refuse to wear dresses; in both cases, as Ann Travers shows in this fascinating account of the lives of transgender kids, these are often more than just wardrobe choices. Travers shows that from very early ages, some at two and three years old, these kids find themselves to be different from the sex category that was assigned to them at birth. How they make their voices heard—to their parents and friends, in schools, in public spaces, and through the courts—is the focus of this remarkable and groundbreaking book. Based on interviews with transgender kids, ranging in age from 4 to 20, and their parents, and over five years of research in the US and Canada, The Trans Generation offers a rare look into what it is like to grow up a

Publisher: NYU Press
Publish Date: 2019-08-15

Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Social Science / Gender Studies

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