Download or read book TRANScestors written by Patton Jude (editor) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book TRANScestors Navigating LGBTQ Aging Illness and End of Life Decisions written by Jude Patton and published by Transgender Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-16 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume (and the ones that follow) have been in the works for some time. What finally emerges after many months of assiduous advertising, recruiting, editing, and organizing is a volume of intimate, nuanced, and heartfelt stories that reflect the wide diversity in the ways in which trans, non-binary, and Two-Spirit people have come to recognize, signify, embody, and celebrate their difference as their authentic selves. Moreover, with an increasing emphasis on the experiences of trans youth, elders constitute a routinely overlooked, disregarded, and/or silenced segment of the community. In response, this volume documents the myriad ways in which trans elders are coming to terms with the real-life challenges of aging, illness, and end of life decision-making. TRANScestors is planned as a series of edited volumes that address the issues of LGBTQ+ aging, illness, and end of life decision-making. Additional volumes include: Volume II: Generations of Change, Volume III: Generations of Pride, and Volume IV: Generations of Challenge.
Download or read book TRANScestors written by Jude Patton and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generations of Change is the second volume in the TRANScestors series. These stories are, by turn, heartfelt, revealing, inspiring, sad, joyful, humorous, irreverent, and incredibly varied. And yet, strong, common themes of courage, persistence, honesty, resilience, and authenticity emerge clearly through the detailed recounting of the individual lives lived. Each author details those specific circumstances that have led them to the places and situations in which they find themselves today. On the whole, these are places of comfort, confidence, revelation, and affirmation. The wide range of attitudes, expressions, and worldviews held by the LGBTQ+ elders presented here challenge us all to carefully consider and adjust our perspectives on our own aging processes and, ultimately, on finding our own places in the world.
Download or read book Transgender 101 written by Nicholas M Teich and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a social worker, popular educator, and member of the transgender community, this well-rounded resource combines an accessible portrait of transgenderism with a rich history of transgender life and its unique experiences of discrimination. Chapters introduce transgenderism and its psychological, physical, and social processes. They describe the coming out process and its effect on family and friends, the relationship between sexual orientation, and gender and the differences between transsexualism and lesser-known types of transgenderism. The volume covers the characteristics of Gender Identity Disorder/Gender Dysphoria and the development of the transgender movement. Each chapter explains how transgender individuals handle their gender identity, how others view it within the context of non-transgender society, and how the transitioning of genders is made possible. Featuring men who become women, women who become men, and those who live in between and beyond traditional classifications, this book is written for students, professionals, friends, and family members.
Download or read book Soul Sex written by Drake Bear Stephen and published by . This book was released on 2015-04 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fluidity is the new identity of the 21st century. Acceptance is the new morality. Self-empowerment is the new mantra. Find everything you need to know about gender & sexuality identity in this comprehensive edition that includes seldom discussed spiritual concepts.
Download or read book Glimmerings written by Margot Wilson Phd and published by . This book was released on 2019-07 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glimmerings is a compilation of stories told by 15 trans elders. Champions exist in every community. These are the courageous, resolute, and independent spirits who defy, disrupt, and challenge the status quo; who remain unwaveringly true to themselves and their principles; who resist, persist, and insist on authenticity; who blaze trails for themselves as well as for those who follow; who create opportunities for understanding, learning, and change in the world. Glimmerings offers stories of trans, non-binary and Two-Spirit champions, innovators, and trailblazers who came of age in the 1930s to the 1980s, before the age of global communication, at a time when the Internet and worldwide connectivity were still visions of the future; when only inflexible, dichotomous categories of male and female existed; when heterosexuality was the only sanctioned form of romantic attraction or sexual conduct; and when any expression of interest outside of these strict prescriptions was severely censured. Glimmerings tells about living in a time when those whose preferences, perspectives, and behaviours contravened prevailing expectations, when trans individuals had to negotiate dark, prejudicial places where they experienced fear, shame, guilt, despair, isolation, and sometimes a little bit of hope. Sparked by a comment made by Stephanie Castle, a Canadian trans woman and advocate for the rights of trans people, especially those incarcerated in the Canadian prison system, Glimmerings begins with the story of a dream Stephanie had as a 4 or 5 year old child in which she recognizes herself, not as the biological male she has been assigned at birth, but as a girl. Other authors in the volume recount similar experiences at equally young ages, of discovering that their authentic selves were in contradiction to and/or outside of their originally assigned genders. Growing up at that time, life for many was characterized by isolation, secrecy, prejudice, reproach, silence, and shame. Widespread, these sentiments were both externally imposed and sometimes self-inflicted. For those who were unable or unwilling to hide their differences, the consequences were often dire. Social support networks were virtually non-existent, there was no language to describe their feelings, and there were no legal protections for trans people. Being "out" routinely resulted in loss of respectability and socioeconomic stability. Secrecy, for many, was simply a matter of survival. Glimmerings provides an accounting of some of the experiences that shaped individuals in the early days of trans history and advocacy in Canada and the United States. These stories are personal, intimate, nuanced, and subjective. They are as idiosyncratic and unique as the individuals telling them. They provide a view that is rarely available and at the core of each is an imperative to recognize, honour, and affirm each person's authenticity. It is difficult to overstate the importance of recording and preserving trans elders' stories. They orient our understanding of the varied paths along which the trans community, its history, and experience have journeyed. These are the stories of those who took significant risks and made personal sacrifices in order to draw attention to and foster understanding of the issues faced by trans people. Change initiated by them has made it possible for young trans people today to more openly experiment with and express their authentic gender identities and individualities, to recognize, articulate and reveal their authentic selves, and to transition in more supportive environments. A must read for trans, non-binary, Two-Spirit, and other gender diverse people and their allies, and also for cisgender high school, college and/or university students, teachers and counselors, professionals, members of the broader community and general reading public.
Download or read book Critical Black Futures written by Philip Butler and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Black Futures imagines worlds, afrofutures, cities, bodies, art and eras that are simultaneously distant, parallel, present, counter, and perpetually materializing. From an exploration of W. E. B. Du Bois’ own afrofuturistic short stories, to trans* super fluid blackness, this volume challenges readers—community leaders, academics, communities, and creatives—to push further into surreal imaginations. Beyond what some might question as the absurd, this book is presented as a speculative space that looks deeply into the foundations of human belief. Diving deep into this notional rabbit hole, each contributor offers a thorough excursion into the imagination to discover ‘what was’, while also providing tools to push further into the ‘not yet’.
Download or read book LGBTQ Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care written by Kimberly D. Acquaviva and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only handbook for hospice and palliative care professionals looking to enhance their care delivery or their programs with LGBTQ-inclusive care. Anchored in the evidence, extensively referenced, and written in clear, easy-to-understand language, LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care provides clear, actionable strategies for hospice and palliative physicians, nurses, social workers, counselors, and chaplains.
Download or read book The Transgender Monologues written by Joane Borden and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paperback issue of book of essays mostly concerning (in that order) transgender, LGBT, and general life issues
Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Queer and Trans Feminisms in Contemporary Performance written by Tiina Rosenberg and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this Handbook is to provide students with an overview of key developments in queer and trans feminist theories and their significance to the field of contemporary performance studies. It presents new insights highlighting the ways in which rigid or punishing notions of gender, sexuality and race continue to flourish in systems of knowledge, faith and power which are relevant to a new generation of queer and trans feminist performers today. The guiding question for the Handbook is: How do queer and trans feminist theories enhance our understanding of developments in feminist performance today, and will this discussion give rise to new ways of theorizing contemporary performance? As such, the volume will survey a new generation of performers and theorists, as well as senior scholars, who engage and redefine the limits of performance. The chapters will demonstrate how intersectional, queer and trans feminist theoretical tools support new analyses of performance with a global focus. The primary audience will be students of theatre/ performance studies as well as queer /gender studies. The volume’s contents suggest close links between the formation of queer feminist identities alongside recent key political developments with transnational resonances. Furthermore, the emergence of new queer and trans feminist epistemologies prompts a reorientation regarding performance and identities in a 21st-century context.
Download or read book The Chumpi Stone Guidebook written by Drake Stephen and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chumpi Stones are carved stones that are created by the indigenous people of the Peruvian Andes. They have been used for practical as well as sacred tools. In this book you will read about the original uses for the stones as well as discover the mystery and majesty of modern practices for them. These fascinating stones are energetic companions that can be used to activate, animate, and move energy within different grids of time, dimensions, and portals. The Chumpi Stone Guidebook is a reference guide about these sacred stones as well as other carved items. It is also an exploration of how to integrate these stones into your 21st century lifestyle or spiritual practice. It includes:- Description, interpretation, and correspondences for Chumpi Stones. - Uses, both ancient and modern, for Chumpi Stones.- Fully illustrated directory of imagery carved on stones, dice, tiles, and other items from Andean culture.- A comparison of the human energy systems from Andean and Hindu cosmology that influence Western beliefs and how Chumpi Stones can be used with them.
Download or read book The Trans Partner Handbook written by Jo Green and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Individuals who transition from one gender to another are often in some degree of a relationship, and over 55% of these relationships endure through the transition process. While more resources are emerging for trans people themselves, there is very little information available for their partners. Through first-hand accounts and vignettes of successful partnerships, this book presents detailed descriptions of everything involved in the transition process, with specific guidance for those supporting a partner in transition. Topics include disclosure, mental health, coming out, loss and grief, sex and sexuality and the legal, medical and social practicalities of transitioning. In this essential guide, people whose partners are across the transgender spectrum speak out on their own experiences with personal advice and support for others.
Download or read book Trans historicities written by Leah DeVun and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue offers a theoretical and methodological imagining of what constitutes trans* before the advent of the terms that scholars generally look to for the formation of modern conceptions of gender, sex, and sexuality. What might we find if we look for trans* before trans*? While some historians have rejected the category of transgender to speak of experiences before the mid-twentieth century, others have laid claim to those living gender-non-conforming lives before our contemporary era. By using the concept of trans*historicity, this volume draws together trans* studies, historical inquiry, and queer temporality while also emphasizing the historical specificity and variability of gendered systems of embodiment in different time periods. Essay topics include a queer analysis of medieval European saints, discussions of a nineteenth-century Russian religious sect, an exploration of a third gender in early modern Japanese art, a reclamation of Ojibwe and Plains Cree Two-Spirit language, and biopolitical genealogies and filmic representations of transsexuality. The issue also features a roundtable discussion on trans*historicities and an interview with the creators of the 2015 film Deseos. Critiquing both progressive teleologies and the idea of sex or gender as a timeless tradition, this issue articulates our own desires for trans history, trans*historicities, and queerly temporal forms of historical narration. Contributors. Kadji Amin, M. W. Bychowski, Fernanda Carvajal, Howard Chiang, Leah DeVun, Julian Gill-Peterson, Jack Halberstam, Asato Ikeda, Jacob Lau, Kathleen P. Long, Maya Mikdashi, Robert Mills, Carlos Motta, Marcia Ochoa, Kai Pyle, C. Riley Snorton, Zeb Tortorici, Jennifer Louise Wilson
Download or read book Jewish Views of the Afterlife written by Simcha Paull Raphael and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third edition of Jewish Views of the Afterlife, Rabbi Simcha Paull Raphael walks readers through the Jewish tradition of the afterlife while providing insights into spiritual care with dying and grieving individuals and families.
Download or read book The Stonewall Generation written by Jane Fleishman and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sexuality researcher Jane Fleishman shares the stories of nine fearless elders in the LGBTQ community who came of age around the time of Stonewall. In candid interviews, they lay bare their struggles, their strengths, their activism, and their sexual liberation in the context of the political movements of the 1960s and 1970s and today"--
Download or read book The Chakana Oracle Guidebook written by Drake Bear Stephen and published by . This book was released on 2020-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chakana Oracle Guidebook is a reference guide rich with new perspectives on the Andean cosmology and the indigenous Andean Lineage, whose roots go back over 500 years to the Inka Empire. It also serves as a companion to The Chakana Oracle Card Deck. It includes:- In-depth information with full-color illustrations of Andean cosmology and symbology.- Layouts for divination work with a foundation that is based on the geography of the terrestrial overlaid with the energy of the celestial.- Description, interpretation, and practice for each of the 100 oracle cards.
Download or read book You ll Be Fine written by Jen Michalski and published by NineStar Press. This book was released on 2021-08-02 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After her mother dies of an accidental overdose, Alex takes leave from her job as a writer for a Washington, DC, lifestyle magazine to return home to Maryland’s Eastern Shore. There, she joins her brother Owen, a study in failure-to-launch, in sorting out their mother’s whimsical and often self-destructive life. Alex has proposed to her editor that while she is home she profile Juliette Sprigg, her former high school fling, owner of a wildly popular local restaurant, and celebrity chef in the making. While working on the story and trying for a second chance with Juliette, Alex meets Carolyn Massey, editor of the town newspaper, and wonders if there’s more to life than reheating leftovers. Enter Alex and Owen’s Aunt Johanna, who arrives from Seattle to help with arrangements. When Johanna reveals a family secret, Alex may have to accept her family for who they are rather than who she hoped they would be. And just maybe apply the same philosophy to her heart and herself.
