J. Michael Ryan is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Maryland, United States of America. He has previously held academic positions in Portugal, Egypt, Ecuador, and the United States of America. Before returning to academia, Dr. Ryan worked as a research methodologist at the National Center for Health Statistics in Washington, D.C. He is the editor of multiple volumes including COVID-19: Global pandemic, societal responses, ideological solutions (Routledge 2021), COVID-19: Social consequences and cultural adaptations (Routledge 2021), Core Concepts in Sociology (Wiley 2019), and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa: Contemporary issues and challenges (Lynne-Rienner 2020, with Helen Rizzo).

• Chapter 1: Trans lives in a global(-izing) world: Rights, identities, and politics; Section I: Trans identities; Chapter 2: Displaying trans (in)visibilities; Chapter 3: Globalization and change among the hijras of South Asia; Chapter 4: Non-binary identity and the double edged sword of globalization; Chapter 5: (Re)making "transgender" identities in global media and popular culture; Section Ii: Trans rights; Chapter 6: Medicalized transgender bodies: depriving autonomy, confering humanness, and bestowing cisgenderism; Chapter 7: Gender affirming surgeries in a global context: the role of medical, legal, and social norms; Chapter 8: A transgender perspective on human rights: the case of the world bank and the united states agency for international development; Section Iii: Trans politics; Chapter 9: Stronger together: the global shift to transgender-inclusive armed forces; Chapter 10: Moving elsewhere: the complex genealogies of trans studies in the academy; Chapter 11: Fleeing across the globe: trans asylum seekers; Chapter 12: Legal gender recognition: building the infrastructure for trans communities to thrive

"This Collection marks a key contribution to work on trans identities and trans rights. Its global focus is long overdue in studies exploring the rights of trans people. It’s broad interdisciplinary remit addresses culture, identity, politics, rights and institutions, which are brought together successfully through the Collections’ focus on social justice. This is an important and very timely publication." - Professor Sally Hines, University of Sheffield

J. Michael Ryan is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Maryland, United States of America. He has previously held academic positions in Portugal, Egypt, Ecuador, and the United States of America. Before returning to academia, Dr. Ryan worked as a research methodologist at the National Center for Health Statistics in Washington, D.C. He is the editor of multiple volumes including COVID-19: Global pandemic, societal responses, ideological solutions (Routledge 2021), COVID-19: Social consequences and cultural adaptations (Routledge 2021), Core Concepts in Sociology (Wiley 2019), and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa: Contemporary issues and challenges (Lynne-Rienner 2020, with Helen Rizzo).

• Chapter 1: Trans lives in a global(-izing) world: Rights, identities, and politics; Section I: Trans identities; Chapter 2: Displaying trans (in)visibilities; Chapter 3: Globalization and change among the hijras of South Asia; Chapter 4: Non-binary identity and the double edged sword of globalization; Chapter 5: (Re)making "transgender" identities in global media and popular culture; Section Ii: Trans rights; Chapter 6: Medicalized transgender bodies: depriving autonomy, confering humanness, and bestowing cisgenderism; Chapter 7: Gender affirming surgeries in a global context: the role of medical, legal, and social norms; Chapter 8: A transgender perspective on human rights: the case of the world bank and the united states agency for international development; Section Iii: Trans politics; Chapter 9: Stronger together: the global shift to transgender-inclusive armed forces; Chapter 10: Moving elsewhere: the complex genealogies of trans studies in the academy; Chapter 11: Fleeing across the globe: trans asylum seekers; Chapter 12: Legal gender recognition: building the infrastructure for trans communities to thrive

"This Collection marks a key contribution to work on trans identities and trans rights. Its global focus is long overdue in studies exploring the rights of trans people. It’s broad interdisciplinary remit addresses culture, identity, politics, rights and institutions, which are brought together successfully through the Collections’ focus on social justice. This is an important and very timely publication." - Professor Sally Hines, University of Sheffield

J. Michael Ryan is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Maryland, United States of America. He has previously held academic positions in Portugal, Egypt, Ecuador, and the United States of America. Before returning to academia, Dr. Ryan worked as a research methodologist at the National Center for Health Statistics in Washington, D.C. He is the editor of multiple volumes including COVID-19: Global pandemic, societal responses, ideological solutions (Routledge 2021), COVID-19: Social consequences and cultural adaptations (Routledge 2021), Core Concepts in Sociology (Wiley 2019), and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa: Contemporary issues and challenges (Lynne-Rienner 2020, with Helen Rizzo).

• Chapter 1: Trans lives in a global(-izing) world: Rights, identities, and politics; Section I: Trans identities; Chapter 2: Displaying trans (in)visibilities; Chapter 3: Globalization and change among the hijras of South Asia; Chapter 4: Non-binary identity and the double edged sword of globalization; Chapter 5: (Re)making "transgender" identities in global media and popular culture; Section Ii: Trans rights; Chapter 6: Medicalized transgender bodies: depriving autonomy, confering humanness, and bestowing cisgenderism; Chapter 7: Gender affirming surgeries in a global context: the role of medical, legal, and social norms; Chapter 8: A transgender perspective on human rights: the case of the world bank and the united states agency for international development; Section Iii: Trans politics; Chapter 9: Stronger together: the global shift to transgender-inclusive armed forces; Chapter 10: Moving elsewhere: the complex genealogies of trans studies in the academy; Chapter 11: Fleeing across the globe: trans asylum seekers; Chapter 12: Legal gender recognition: building the infrastructure for trans communities to thrive

"This Collection marks a key contribution to work on trans identities and trans rights. Its global focus is long overdue in studies exploring the rights of trans people. It’s broad interdisciplinary remit addresses culture, identity, politics, rights and institutions, which are brought together successfully through the Collections’ focus on social justice. This is an important and very timely publication." - Professor Sally Hines, University of Sheffield