Laura Erickson-Schroth
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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There is no one way to be transgender. Transgender and gender non-conforming people have many different ways of understanding their gender identities. Only recently have sex and gender been thought of as separate concepts, and we have learned that sex (traditionally thought of as physical or biological) is as variable as gender (traditionally thought of as social). While trans people share many common experiences, there is immense diversity within...
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Series
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English
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"Gender is all around us. Beliefs about gender impact our jobs, families, schools, religions, laws, politics, relationships, sports, clothes, and so much more. Gender permeates almost every aspect of our lives as humans. Although this book is part of a series called "What Everyone Needs to Know," it would be impossible to cover everything known about gender in one book, and, since gender is something we all have in common and at the same time all...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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There is no one way to be transgender. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is a revolutionary resource—a comprehensive, reader-friendly guide for transgender people, with each chapter written by transgender and gender expansive authors. Inspired by Our Bodies, Ourselves, the classic and powerful compendium written by and for cisgender women, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is widely accessible to the transgender population, providing authoritative...
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"There is no one way to be transgender. Transgender and gender non-conforming people have many different ways of understanding their gender identities. Only recently have sex and gender been thought of as separate concepts, and we have learned that sex (traditionally thought of as physical or biological) is as variable as gender (traditionally thought of as social). While trans people share many common experiences, there is immense diversity within...
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"What does it mean to be trans? A common understanding of transgender, or trans for short, is that a person's gender differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. However, many see the idea of being trans as more complicated -- as an active process of challenging the formal structures that govern how gender is defined. For different people, and in different times, places, and contexts, gender itself can be a broad entity or a very narrow one,...
Publisher
Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Recent years have seen a flood of high quality research related to the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and families. The GLMA Handbook on LGBT Health is the first comprehensive resource to gather that knowledge in one place in the service of vital information needs. Both accurate and easy to understand, the two-volume handbook addresses physical, mental and emotional health, as well as policy decisions affecting the...
Publisher
Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Recent years have seen a flood of high quality research related to the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and families. The GLMA Handbook on LGBT Health is the first comprehensive resource to gather that knowledge in one place in the service of vital information needs. Both accurate and easy to understand, the two-volume handbook addresses physical, mental and emotional health, as well as policy decisions affecting the...
