Transgender: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

This book provides a crucial resource for readers who are investigating trans issues. It takes a diverse and historic approach focusing on more than one idea or one experience of trans identity or trans history.Transgender: A Reference Handbook is a go-to resource about the transgender experience. The book takes contemporary as well as historic aspects into consideration. It looks at ancient indigenous cultures that honored third fourth and fifth gender identities as well as more contemporary ideas of what transgender means. Notably it focuses not only on Western medical ideas of gender affirmation but on cultural diversity surrounding the topic.This book will primarily serve as a reference guide and jumping off point for further research for those seeking information about what it means to be transgender. While a reference book it contains original work that may be cited in addition to the encyclopedia itself. In particular the perspectives section of the book includes writings from some of the worlds foremost trans writers activists artists and historians.Provides students with outstanding source material and historic material on trans issuesIncludes writing from some of the most recognized names in trans writing history and activism in the worldApproaches its subject from a deeply historical background acknowledging the intersection of identities throughout timeProvides resources for further study including profiles data and documents and a chronology of transgender history