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Sex Is As Sex Does
Governing Transgender Identity
by Paisley Currah

Now available in paperback, Sex Is As Sex Does is “one of the most important trans studies books to come out in the last five years” (The New Inquiry). Unlike most gender scholars, who are concerned with what the concepts of sex and gender really mean, Paisley Currah is more interested in what the category of 鈥渟ex鈥澛�does聽for governments. What does 鈥渟ex鈥� do on our driver鈥檚 licenses, in how we play sports, in how we access health care, or in the bathroom we use? The result is a revealing exploration of how gender is governed, which received the Sexuality and Politics Book Award from the American Political Science Association.

Trans Medicine
The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender
by stef m. shuster

In a time when gender affirming medical care is extremely contested, Trans Medicine offers insight into how providers make decisions while facing challenges to their expertise. In this process, providers acquire authority not only over clinical outcomes, but over gender itself. The book draws on extensive interviews with medical providers as well as ethnographic and archival research, and it was named a Finalist for the PROSE Award in Clinical Medicine. Library Journal calls Trans Medicine a “page-turner” and a “must-read.”

Fierce, Fabulous, and Fluid
How Trans High School Students Work at Gender Nonconformity
by聽LJ Slovin

Fierce, Fabulous, and Fluid presents a poignant critique of educational policies aimed at supporting trans and gender-nonconforming youth in schools. After spending over a year interviewing several queer kids, LJ Slovin found that they were doing many things to create space for themselves in school 鈥� like sharing their BTS fanfiction, or hanging out in the tech booth in the drama department 鈥� while the adults around them could only pity and attempt to protect them. Slovin pushes educators to think beyond this pessimistic narrative.

The Two Revolutions
A History of the Transgender Internet
by聽Avery Dame-Griff

In this meticulously researched account of how trans people exploited digital infrastructures to build a community, The Two Revolutions tells a crucial part of trans history. The Baffler celebrates this “delightfully readable academic work” for being “as much a straightforward history as it is an experiment in using digital materials to tell recent history.” In 2023, the book won the 脕ngel David Nieves Book Award, given by the American Studies Association.

The Trans Generation
How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) are Creating a Gender Revolution
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Based on interviews with transgender kids from 4 to 20 and their parents, The Trans Generation offers a rare look into what it is like to grow up as a trans child. From daycare to birthday parties and from the playground to the school bathroom, Travers takes the reader inside the day-to-day realities of trans kids. The Trans Generation was awarded the PROSE Award for Anthropology, Criminology, and Sociology. Bitch Magazine highlighted the book’s importance, saying that “there’s no better time than now to have this book as a resource.”

Beyond Trans
Does Gender Matter?
by聽Heath Fogg Davis

Beyond Trans asks why we need to mark people and places with sex categories, Do they serve a real purpose, or are they just mechanisms of exclusion? Davis explores the underlying gender-enforcing policies and customs in American life that have led to transgender bathroom bills, college admissions controversies, and more, arguing that it is necessary for our society to take real steps to challenge the assumption that gender matters. Susan Stryker said “this is a great book for students and specialists alike who are interested in the profound transformation of gender we are all experiencing.”