Advances in Trans Studies

Austin H. Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Kenyon College (USA). He serves as Research Director at Campaign for Southern Equality and Senior Fellow at the Center for Applied Transgender Studies.Baker A. Rogers is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Georgia Southern University (USA). Their research focuses on inequality, specifically examining the intersections of gender, sexuality, and religion in the U.S. South.Tiffany Taylor is a Professor of Sociology at Kent State University at Kent (USA). Her research focuses on inequality and paid and unpaid work.

• Introduction; Baker A. Rogers, Austin H. Johnson, and Tiffany Taylor Section 1: Trans Health Chapter 1. Health and Aging among Middle and Later Age Transgender Populations; Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski, J. E. Sumerau, and Lain A. B. Mathers Chapter 2. Maintaining Cisnormative Accountability: Medical Providers’ Negotiation of Transgender Healthcare; William C. Stallings, Nik M. Lampe, and Emily S. MannChapter 3. “You’re Going to Want to Freeze Your Eggs”: Conversations Surrounding Fertility between Healthcare Professionals, Parents, and Transgender Adolescents; Lindsay Toman Chapter 4. Enhancing Selves by Gendering Bodies: Comparing Surgical Body Modifications among Transgender and Cisgender People; Elroi J. Windsor Chapter 5. Gendering the Fat Body: Rhetoric & Personhood in Transition; Han Koehle Section 2: Toward Trans-Inclusive Institutions and SocietiesChapter 6. Trans and Non-binary Identities and a Politics Beyond Recognition: On the Possibility of the X; C. L. Quinan and Dagmar OosthoekChapter 7. Policy Recommendations for Incarcerated Trans Men in the United States; Sarah Rogers Chapter 8. Doubly imprisoned: Transgender and Non-Binary Prisoners’ Experiences in England and Wales; Olga Suhomlinova and Saoirse O’SheaChapter 9. Shifting Understanding, Creating Inclusive Collegiate Culture; Emily Fairchild Section 3: Trans Resources, Healing, and Resilience Chapter 10. “I’m Technically Not Disowned”: Familial Strain, Trans Resilience, and Bargaining for Belonging; Bailey Troia Chapter 11. “Being Able to Breathe Publicly": Trans and Gender Nonconforming People Healing through Embodied Activity; Kai P. Blake-LeibowitzChapter 12. Managing Hopelessness: The Health-Seeking Processes and Negotiations for Queer and/or Trans People; Sameera V. Akella Chapter 13. Social Support Networks within Transgender Facebook Groups: Facing a “therapeutic shield” in France; Yael Armangau and Julien Figeac Conclusion; Austin H. Johnson, Baker A. Rogers, and Tiffany Taylor