1st Edition

Trans* Lives in the United States Challenges of Transition and Beyond

By Andrew Cutler Seeber Copyright 2018
218 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Being and becoming trans* is a complex and varied experience whether an individual is living openly as trans* or not. Few published studies in either the academic or popular press illuminate the challenges of living as a trans* person after medical and social transition are complete. Trans* Lives in the United States builds upon earlier research and contributes a much-needed theoretically... Read more

Series Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

I. Bodies and Behaviors

II. Embodied Resources

III. Hierarchies of Stigma

IV. Families, Intimacy, and Sexuality

V. Employment and Housing

VI. Healthcare, Eldercare, End-of-Life Decisions

Epilogue

Appendix A

Appendix B

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Andrew Cutler-Seeber is an openly trans*-identified scholar. He earned his doctorate in Sociology with a doctoral emphasis in Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Andrew teaches courses in Sociology, Social Work, and Trans* Studies. He writes MCAT test preparation materials as a consultant, teaches at the University of the Virgin Islands, and lives in St. Croix with his wife, Haley.