Moon, I., Pearce, R., Gupta, K & Steinberg, D.L. eds. (2019) The Emergence of Trans: Culture, Politics and Everyday Lives. London: Routledge
From 2012-2014 Ruth, Igi and Deborah co-convened an ESRC-sponsored seminar series, Rethinking Gender and Sexuality: The Emergence of Trans. Over the course of four events they brought together practitioners, patient groups, educators, researchers, community groups and activists to promote a collaborative exploration of gender and sexuality in the wake of emergent ‘trans’ discourses.
This book builds on the success of the series, and that of the related Sexualities special issue Trans Genealogies. Thematically organised, it brings together academic essays, poetry and comic art from an international range of contributors to address a range of questions pertinent to the emergence of trans lives and discourses.
The Emergence of Trans: Cultures, Politics and Everyday Lives is edited by Ruth Pearce, Igi Moon, Kat Gupta and Deborah Lynn Steinberg. It features contributions from Mijke van der Drift, Rhi Humphrey, Bróna Nic Giolla Easpaig, Rachael Fox, Rami Yasir, Clare Bartholomaeus, Damien W Riggs, stef m shuster, Ellen Lamont, Clare Beckett-Wrighton, Kirsty Lohman, Elena Rose Vera, Natacha Kennedy, Eric Plemons, and Julian Honkasalo.
CONTENTS
Introduction – The Many-Voiced Monster: collective determination and the emergence of trans [read for free]
by Ruth Pearce, Kat Gupta and Igi Moon
Chapter 1 – In the Shadow of Eugenics: Transgender Sterilization Legislation and the Struggle for Self-determination
by Julian Honkasalo
Chapter 2 – Reconceiving the Body: A Surgical Genealogy of Trans-Therapeutics
by Eric Plemons
Chapter 3 – Becoming: Discourses of Trans Emergence, Epiphanies and Oppositions
by Natacha Kennedy
Chapter 4 – the seam of skin and scales
by Elena Rose Vera
Chapter 5 – Creating a Trans Space
by Kat Gupta
Chapter 6 – DIY Identities in a DIY Scene: Trans Music Events in the UK
by Kirsty Lohman and Ruth Pearce
Chapter 7 – On Being a ‘Wife’: Cis Women Negotiating Relationships with a Trans Partner
by Clare Beckett-Wrighton
Chapter 8 – Sticks and Stones Break Our Bones, and Words Are Damaging: How Language Erases Non-binary People
by stef m shuster and Ellen Lamont
Chapter 9 – Response and Responsibility: Mainstream Media and Lucy Meadows in a Post-Leveson Context
by Kat Gupta
Chapter 10 – ‘Girl Brain…Boy Body’: Representations of Trans Characters in Children’s Picture Books
by Clare Bartholomaeus and Damien Riggs
Chapter 11 – Make Yourself
by Rami Yasir
Chapter 12 – Co-producing Trans Ethical Research
by Rhi Humphrey, Bróna Nic Giolla Easpaig and Rachael Fox
Chapter 13 – Nonnormative Ethics: The Ensouled Formation of Trans
by Mijke van der Drift
Chapter 14 – A Genealogy of Genealogies – Retheorising Gender and Sexuality: The Emergence of ‘Trans’ (ESRC Seminar Series 2012-2014)
by Igi Moon