The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice

Non-Fiction, History & Politics, Politics, Irish Politics

Shon Faye (author)

Hardback Published on: 02/09/2021

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Bold and Beautiful

Shon Faye brings an intelligent and clear assessment of Trans life in modern Britain and argues for Trans Liberation, highlighting, and debunking, the harm... READ MORE

Chris Ross

Accessible, Compassionate, Essential.

The Transgender Issue is a wonderfully accessible and compassionate book exploring the idea that trans liberation cannot be achieved in a capitalist societ... READ MORE

Madelyn Boyd

Essential reading

In The Transgender Issue, Shon Faye provides a clear look at what being trans in modern Britain is truly like. Her analysis is wide ranging, examining the ... READ MORE

Ellen at Hexham

Read. This. Book.

Absolutely essential reading for anyone who wants to know what’s going on with the current ‘debate’ (that isn’t really a debate of course) about trans peop... READ MORE

Luna

Radical, eye-opening, and insightful.

If you're like me and read mostly fiction, this is well worth a detour; and for those of you who read mostly non-fiction, what are you waiting for? Shon F... READ MORE

Hazel at Oxford

Powerful, beautifully written and sadly necessary.

Thanks to the publishers for a copy of this book. I wish this book didn’t have to exist, that anyone who is transgender is just accepted for who they are. ... READ MORE

Bookmouse, Newry

The Transgender Issue

"Trans people have been dehumanised, reduced to a talking point or conceptual problem: an 'issue' to be discussed and debated endlessly. It turns out that ... READ MORE

Kerry

Brilliant

This book is fantastic. It's full of well reasoned and well evidenced arguments and rebuttals, without ever letting us forget the real humans behind the ar... READ MORE

Harriet Barnett

Synopsis

Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than one per cent of the country's population, they are the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarized '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 marginalized 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.

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241423141
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 536g
Dimensions: 240 x 162 x 31 mm

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An important book for all

"The Transgender Issue" is, I would agree with the marketing quote, a "landmark work." It describes a number of issues facing trans people in a way that is... READ MORE

JosieG

Vital

As a cis bisexual woman, I considered myself aware of trans identities and the issues affecting trans people, but struggled to understand why the transphob... READ MORE

Deirdre Sheridan

Thought provoking

A well balanced researched book on what it means to be trans in Britain. This book has the potential to change the world and I would thoroughly recommend i... READ MORE

Isabel Bridges

Honest, educational and accessible - should be required reading for all.

The Transgender Issue is one of those books I know I will read again and again and still be learning from. Faye writes in such an honest, educational and c... READ MORE

Sydney K

Informative and political

I was sent a copy of The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye to read and review by NetGalley. This is an informative and very political exploration of the tran... READ MORE

lesleys

A must read!

I had never heard of the writer before picking this book up. I thought I knew a fair amount about issues that transgender people face, thanks to discussion... READ MORE

Helene Cesar

Disappointing

I read this book because I wanted to read all kinds of points of view about this subject - a subject which seems increasingly divisive. Unfortunately, much... READ MORE

Sabina Hefferon

Bold, incredible, powerful

Shon Faye lends her powerful blend of punchy writing, detailed arguments and deep analysis to this wonderful and crucial book on trans lives, and particula... READ MORE

Robert Hughes

ARC

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 tox... READ MORE

The_secret_bookreview

A brilliant and comprehensive read

Thanks so much to Penguin for letting me read this book in advance. I'm not really sure what to say about The Transgender Issue except that, if you're look... READ MORE

Rachel Walker

Game Changer

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin for sending me an ARC of this fabulous book. The Transgender Issue is a powerful manifesto that tackles the toxic myths ... READ MORE

Molly O'Connor

A must read

I always find it hard to review books like this, because really, everyone should read them - and the people that most need to read them probably won't. I... READ MORE

Sharon Leavy

Essential reading

This is such an essential read. Shon Faye presents the case for why transgender acceptance and inclusion is everybody’s business, intersecting with other e... READ MORE

Diana Clough

Just brilliant

After previously reading 'another book' and being thoroughly disappointed and misled by it, it was so good to find another book that offered a much more ve... READ MORE

Dee Kenny

A book of our time

Thoroughly researched, engaging and thankfully not a memoir, Shon has crafted a terrific book on the status of trans rights in the UK and what liberation w... READ MORE

George

Thorough, reasoned and kind

In an area all too full of hysteria and myth-making, Shon covers the issue(s) surrounding transexuals. and indeed LBGT+ folk in a measured way. My personal... READ MORE

andrew west

An excellent, very important book

A fascinating, eye-opening and thought-provoking book that everyone should read. Meticulously researched and written from the heart, this excellent account... READ MORE

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