Digital Me: Trans Students Exploring Future Possible Selves Online

The internet is where trans people have come to become. Creating an identity in digital space can be important for how trans people learn about themselves, their communities, and the possibilities available to them. While the internet and digital space is not the only way of coming to understand oneself in a community, it is a space of liberatory possibility and creativity. There is room to invent what may not yet exist for gender on the edges of what many consider to be "real." For many, digital life can be the site of play, joy, and connection -even while the internet is not a harm-free space nor universally available. This book seeks to understand the complexities at play in the digital realm and the implications that have for gender, digital life, and higher education.

Author: Z. Nicolazzo, Alden C. Jones, Sy Simms
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 12/09/2022
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.20w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781978822771
ISBN10: 1978822774
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | LGBTQ+ Studies | Transgender Studies
- Education | Schools | Levels | Higher
- Education | Student Life & Student Affairs

About the Author
Z Nicolazzo is an associate professor of trans* studies in education in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona, and the author of Trans* in College: Transgender Students' Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion.

Alden C. Jones is an assistant professor of practice in higher education at Merrimack College.

Sy Simms is a doctoral candidate in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona.