Trans and Disabled
An Anthology of Identities and Experiences
Jessica Kingsley Publishers · Print & ebook · January 21, 2025
To be trans and disabled means to have experienced harassment, discrimination, loneliness, often poverty, to have struggled with feeling unworthy of love.
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- Who it’s for
- A tender anthology makes room for trans and disabled lives in many forms.
- Themes
- Ableism and transphobia, Intersecting identities, Love and self-worth
- Genres
- Transgender Studies, Disability Studies, LGBTQ+ Literary Collections
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To be trans and disabled means to have experienced harassment, discrimination, loneliness, often poverty, to have struggled with feeling unworthy of love. To be trans and disabled means experiencing ableism within our trans communities and transphobia within our disabled communities. To be trans and disabled means to love our fellow trans and disabled people harder than we could ever love ourselves.
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This anthology brings together vulnerable stories, poems, plays, drawings, and personal essays. They explore how we make sense of ourselves, our intersections of identities and experiences, of how we are treated, and how much love we are capable of, sometimes even for ourselves.
Many Ways to Be
A tender anthology makes room for trans and disabled lives in many forms.
Come here for
- Stories, poems, plays, drawings, and personal essays
- Reflections on identity, hardship, community, and self-love
Expect
- Vulnerability alongside pain, isolation, and tenderness
- Many ways of making sense of intersecting identities
Where it sits
| Disability Studies | 81% |
|---|---|
| LGBTQ+ Literary Collections | 79% |
| Transgender Studies | 59% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Disability Studies
- Transgender Studies
- Authors
- Alex Iantaffi
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Published
- January 21, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Ableism and transphobia · Intersecting identities · Love and self-worth
- Reading lane
- Disability Studies