“Claude Cahun (1894-1954) was a poet, performer, resistance fighter, prisoner, Surrealist, “constructor and explorer of objects,” photographer, and “queer freak” who invented her life by flaunting the interchangability of roles and playing with the ambivalence of identity. Whether feigning vulnerability on the arm of her lover and stepsister Suzanne Malherbe aka Marcel Moore (“the other…
Whether engaged in same-sex desire or gender nonconformity, black queer individuals live with being perceived as a threat while simultaneously being subjected to the threat of physical, psychological, and socioeconomical injury. Attending to and challenging threats has become a defining element in queer black artists’ work throughout the black diaspora. GerShun Avilez analyzes the work…
If only Dra were real. But Dra is Tim, a young man on a CitTech gig contract working a dead-end job at the Southern Free Republic Department of Health for a boss with a rifle across his back. But that’s no problem, because the job pays the bills for Tim to spend his evenings entertaining…
The Truth About Me is the unflinchingly courageous and moving autobiography of a Hijra who fought ridicule, persecution and violence both within her home and outside to find a life of dignity. Revathi was born a boy, but felt and behaved like a girl. In telling her life story, Revathi evokes marvellously the deep unease…
Trans Homo…Gasp! offers an honest, tender, sexy and rare look into the hearts and minds of gay and queer trans men and their trans/cis male lovers. Authors share hot, vulnerable and intimate moments from steamy explorations on gay male hook up apps to profound and transformative insights about identity, partnership and belongingness in gay male…
Being trans is not just for trans folk! This is the first book ever about cross gender play for people of all identities and sexes.Like my first two books, Miss Vera’s Cross Gender Fun For All is ahead of its time. Building on my experiences with our male to female students, and what I learned…
Men in all stages of transition have come and gone from my life, and each one has been entirely different. It’s difficult to feel as if you fail at being a man when you know there isn’t a singular ‘right’ way to be one. In this illuminating and radically honest book, Ezra Woodger interviews trans…
The purpose of this thesis was to find out if the health needs of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) patient’s play a role in the curriculum of nursing education, if personal influence affects the professional attitude when caring for these patients, and if and what kind of resources are available to further educate oneself for…
A master’s thesis in the field of social work about minority stress in the context of Finnish trans health care, using publicly available social media posts as research data. The thesis is written in Finnish with no English summary. Tutkin kokemuksia sukupuoli-identiteetin tutkimuspoliklinikoista sosiaalisen median kertomuksissa vähemmistöstressin viitekehyksessä. Sukupuoli-identiteetin tutkimuspoliklinikoiden toimintaan liittyvää tutkimusta vähemmistöstressin viitekehyksessä…
A master’s thesis in the field of health care, written in Finnish. A one-page English summary is included in the beginning of the document. Keywords: non-binary gender identity, gender reassignment, mental well-being Muunsukupuolisten kokemuksia sukupuolenkorjaushoitojen vaikutuksista psyykkiseen hyvinvointiin. Termi muunsukupuolinen viittaa henkilöön, joka kokee, ettei syntymässä määritetty sukupuoli, tai vastakkainen binäärisukupuoli vastaa hänen sukupuoli-identiteettiään. Sukupuoliristiriidalla…