1st Edition

Trans Dilemmas Living in Australia’s Remote Areas and in Aboriginal Communities

By Stephen Kerry Copyright 2018
134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

Trans Dilemmas presents the findings of a three-year research project which examined the lived experiences of trans people in Australia’s Northern Territory. The book argues that whilst trans people, who live in remote areas, experience issues which may not be distinct from those living in urban areas and the inner-city, these issues can be aggravated by geographic and demographic factors.... Read more

1. Introduction 2. Trans Relationships 3. Being Transgender 4. Sistergirls and Brotherboys 5. Being Transgender, Being Aboriginal 6. Afterword

Biography

Stephen Kerry is a sociology lecturer at Charles Darwin University and is a queer activist, focusing hir academic career on intersex and trans wellbeing. In 2015, xie was keynote speaker at the Variant Sex and Gender, Religion and Wellbeing Conference, at the University of Exeter.