The Transgender Issue: Trans Justice Is Justice for All

An incisive case for trans justice from a powerful new voice

In this brilliant introduction to trans politics, journalist Shon Faye gives an incisive overview of systemic transphobia and argues that the struggle for trans rights is necessary to any struggle for social justice.

So often, Faye argues, trans people are understood as a "side issue," the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarized debate which generates reliable controversy for newspapers and talk shows. This media frenzy conceals a simple fact: that we are having the wrong conversation, a conversation in which trans people themselves are reduced to a talking point and denied a meaningful voice.

With skill, rigor, and heart, Faye uncovers the reality of what it means to be trans in a transphobic society. In this compellingly readable study, she explores issues of class, family, housing, healthcare, sex work, the prison system, and trans participation in the LGBTQ+ and feminist communities. What she finds, ultimately, is that when we fight for trans liberation, we fight for a better world for us all.

Author: Shon Faye
Publisher: Verso
Published: 09/13/2022
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.43w x 1.02d
ISBN13: 9781839768392
ISBN10: 1839768398
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | LGBTQ+ Studies | Lesbian Studies
- Social Science | Gender Studies
- Social Science | Discrimination

About the Author

Shon Faye is a writer based in London. She was an editor-at-large at Dazed, and her writing has been published by the Guardian, the Independent and Vice, among others. Faye recently launched an acclaimed podcast series, Call Me Mother, interviewing trailblazing LGBTQ elders. This is her first book.