A comprehensive account of the landmark events which have shaped the transgender community over the last five decades, told in 25 essays by those who were there.

Over the last five years, transgender people have seemed to burst into the public eye: Time declared 2014 a `trans tipping point', while American Vogue named 2015 `the year of trans visibility'.

Covering all types of love, including spiritual love, self-love and friendship, this intimate, deeply passionate and radical book reclaims what love means to trans people.

Demonstrates how contemporary trans narrators reshape current understandings of narrative form and gender identity.

Radical and emotionally raw, this book pushes the boundaries of trans representation by redefining 'trans' as an identity with its own power and strength, that goes beyond the gender binary. Features intimate conversations with leading figures in the trans community, such as Kate Bornstein, Travis Alabanza, Josephine Jones and Glamrou.

Frank, friendly and funny, this must-read guide is packed full of advice from authors who understand the realities and complexities of growing up trans. Readers will come away empowered and armed with practical advice on how to navigate everything from coming out, clothes and pronouns, to wearing binders or packers, hormone therapy and self-care.

"First published by Verso in 2015"--Title page verso.

The sexual revolution: an evocative term, but what meaning can be given to it today? How does sexuality come into being and what connections does it have with the changes that have affected personal life on a more general plane? This book answers such questions and disputes many of the interpretations of the role of sexuality in modern culture.

Exploring the ways in which men and masculinities are commonly theorized, this text discusses such relationships, and shows that, as with feminisms, there is a diversity of theoretical traditions. It also explores directions in the complexities of male identities and emotional lives, across different histories, cultures, and traditions.

This volume offers vivid accounts of the diversity of living transgender in today's world, representing the cutting-edge scholarship in transgender studies. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in sociology and gender and sexuality studies.

A vivid, unique portrayal of the Romany people, from the inside.

Both memoir and call-to-arms, Tribes explores both the benign and malign effects of our need to belong.

A pioneering woman traveler's impressions of Turkey are collected with a wealth of contemporary historical documents in this edition.