num_pages: 292
description: Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than 1% of the country's population they are the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarised '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.In this powerful new book Shon Faye reclaims the idea of the 'transgender issue' to uncover the reality of what it means to be trans in a transphobic society. In doing so she provides a compelling wide-ranging analysis of trans lives from youth to old age exploring work family housing healthcare the prison system and trans participation in the LGBTQ and feminist communities in contemporary Britain and beyond.The Transgender Issue is a landmark work that signals the beginning of a new healthier conversation about trans life. It is a manifesto for change and a call for justice and solidarity between all marginalised people and minorities. Trans liberation as Faye sees it goes to the root of what our society is and what it could be; it offers the possibility of a more just free and joyful world for all of us.
language: English
title: The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
publisher: Allen Lane