The Remarkable Rise of Transgender Rights Contributor(s): Taylor, Jami Kathleen (Author), Haider-Markel, Donald P. (Author), Lewis, Daniel Clay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0472074016 ISBN-13: 9780472074013 Publisher: University of Michigan Press OUR PRICE: $94.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Lgbt Studies - Transgender Studies - Political Science | Civil Rights - Law | Gender & The Law |
Dewey: 306.768 |
LCCN: 2018023916 |
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.60 lbs) 440 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: While medical identification and treatment of gender dysphoria have existed for decades, the development of transgender as a "collective political identity" is a recent construct. Over the past twenty-five years, the transgender movement has gained statutory nondiscrimination protections at the state and local levels, hate crimes protections in a number of states, inclusion in a federal law against hate crimes, legal victories in the courts, and increasingly favorable policies in bureaucracies at all levels. It has achieved these victories despite the relatively small number of trans people and despite the widespread discrimination, poverty, and violence experienced by many in the transgender community. This is a remarkable achievement in a political system where public policy often favors those with important resources that the transgender community lacks: access, money, and voters. The Remarkable Rise of Transgender Rights explains the growth of the transgender rights movement despite its marginalized status within the current political opportunity structure. |