Transpeople: Repudiation, Trauma, Healing |
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University of British Columbia professor Chris Shelley just had a book published by University of Toronto Press that finally tackles the ongoing problem of “experts” who think they know more about trans people than trans people themselves, thus dismissing their lived experiences and effacing their identities.
Shauna Lewis reports for Xtra!:
Shelley’s new work Transpeople: Repudiation, Trauma, Healing, which grew out of his doctoral thesis, delves into the social, political and academic sources of trans repudiation, which he posits is transphobia, but more than just phobia. The author, along with those who contributed their personal narratives, takes a look at the complexities of trans experiences and provides ways of “talking back” to marginalizing forces.
Through in-depth interviews with 20 subjects who self-identify as two-spirit and/or transsexual (TS) or transgender (TG), Shelley identified nine broad arenas in which transpeople encounter repudiation, including health care and employment, and through threats and violence.
Shelley’s interviewees are quoted at length throughout. “In this book,” he writes, “transpeople are assumed to be the primary experts on their own lives.”
Full article:
http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/Book_Transpeople_Repudiation_Trauma_Healing-5577.aspx
