Trans/Portraits

Trans/Portraits
Author: Jackson Wright Shultz
Publisher: Dartmouth College Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2015-09-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1611688086

Although transgender people are increasingly represented in academic studies and popular culture, they rarely have the opportunity to add their own voices to the conversation. In this remarkable book, Jackson Shultz records the stories of more than thirty Americans who identify as transgender. They range in age from fifteen to seventy-two; come from twenty-five different states and a wide array of racial, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds; and identify across a vast spectrum of genders and sexualities. Giving voice to a diverse group of individuals, the book raises questions about gender, acceptance, and unconditional love. From historical descriptions of activism to personal stories of discrimination, love, and community, these touching accounts of gender transition shed light on the uncharted territories that lie beyond the gender binary. Despite encounters with familial rejection, drug addiction, and medical malpractice, each account is imbued with optimism and humor, providing a thoughtful look at the daily joys and struggles of transgender life. With an introduction and explanations from the author, this work will appeal to transgender individuals, their significant others, friends, family, and allies; health-care providers, educators, and legal professionals; and anyone questioning their own gender, considering transition, or setting out on their own transition journey.

Body Alchemy

Body Alchemy
Author: Loren Cameron
Publisher:
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1996
Genre: Photography
ISBN:

Revealing Selves

Revealing Selves
Author: Kike Arnal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781620972878

Argentina was the first nation in Latin America to legalise same-sex marriage, but the situation is far from perfect. In the beautifully packaged and affordably priced Revealing Selves, award-winning photographer Kike Amal collaborates with individuals in Argentinian transgender communities, living side by side with them and documenting their day-to-day lives in a series of strikingly intimate colour and black-and-white images. Revealing Selves is both a celebration of the trans community in Argentina and a clear-eyed examination of what remains to be done in the struggle for trans rights.

Trans New York

Trans New York
Author: Peter Bussian
Publisher: Apollo Publishers
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2020-06-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1948062577

A visually stunning, award-winning photography book of transgender New Yorkers, complete with thought-provoking and revealing interviews that honor the transgender community and the courage it takes to find oneself and defy societal norms. A growing portion of the LGBTQ+ community identifies as transgender; they are family members, friends, neighbors, and colleagues, and yet they are all-too-often stigmatized and misunderstood. This visual tour de force presents exquisite portraits of more than fifty New Yorkers who identify as trans, genderqueer, or gender nonbinary, and interviews with them in which they reveal who they are and what their transitions were like and combat common misconceptions and stereotypes. The vibrant, honest photographs were taken on the streets of New York or in iconic places like Grand Central Station, and together the photos and interviews provoke questions on gender identity, the gender spectrum, and gender expectations. In total, this is an unparalleled articulation of the expressions of sexuality, gender, and self that New York, in all of its beauty, honesty, and compassion, welcomes, as well as a celebration of the power of finding oneself and a compelling call for respect and acceptance. In addition to enlightening text from more than fifty members of New York’s trans community and the author, award-winning documentary photographer Peter Bussian, there are inspiring longer essays and an extraordinary foreword by the celebrated trans activist Abby Chava Stein. Trans New York is the winner of a prestigious International Photography Award (IPA) for its superb images.

To Survive on this Shore

To Survive on this Shore
Author: Jess T. Dugan
Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2018-05
Genre: Gender-nonconforming people
ISBN: 9783868288544

Nuanced view into the complexities of aging as a transgender person

American Boys

American Boys
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2019
Genre: PHOTOGRAPHY
ISBN: 9781942084686

The American Boys project is an in-depth photographic book of young Americans across the country united through their expression of trans masculine gender identity.

Transformations

Transformations
Author: Mariette Pathy Allen
Publisher: Dutton Books
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1989
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Transfigurations

Transfigurations
Author: Jana Marcus
Publisher:
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2011
Genre: Transgender people
ISBN: 9780983343417

"Transfigurations explores transsexuals and their notions of masculinity and femininity as they change gender identities. Discovering that gender is both real and illusory, natural and constructed, Marcus's photographs shed light on the transformation from one sex/gender to another. The series also explores the importance of the body to gender identity as well as the effects of transformative practices on the body, creating a reality beyond ordinary experience."--Book cover.

Inside Out

Inside Out
Author: Sarah Wong
Publisher: W Books
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2012-08-28
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9789089102423

This is the first time that so many transgender youth have allowed themselves to be photographed and candidly discuss the problems associated with their choice. Their stories are testimony to their incredible life force.