The remarkable rise of transgender rights / Jami K. Taylor, Daniel C. Lewis, and Donald P. Haider-Markel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Jami K., author.

Lewis, Daniel C., author.

Haider-Markel, Donald P., author.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trans people--Civil rights.

Trans people.

Trans people--Legal status, laws, etc.

Transgender people--Legal status, laws, etc.

Sex and law.

Transgender people--Civil rights.

Transgender people.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

While medical identification and treatment of gender dysphoria have existed for decades, the development of transgender as a "collective political identity" is a recent construct. Over the past twenty-five years, the transgender movement has gained statutory nondiscrimination protections at the state and local levels, hate crimes protections in a number of states, inclusion in a federal law against hate crimes, legal victories in the courts, and increasingly favorable policies in bureaucracies at all levels. It has achieved these victories despite the relatively small number of trans people and despite the widespread discrimination, poverty, and violence experienced by many in the transgender community. This is a remarkable achievement in a political system where public policy often favors those with important resources that the transgender community lacks: access, money, and voters. The Remarkable Rise of Transgender Rights explains the growth of the transgender rights movement despite its marginalized status within the current political opportunity structure.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from publisher.

ISBN:

9780472124275

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.