Trans Bodies, Trans Selves
{{short description|2014 non-fiction book}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community
| image = Trans Bodies, Trans Selves cover.jpg
| image_size =
| editor = Laura Erickson-Schroth
| country = United States
| language = English
| subject = Transgender health and wellness
| published = 2014
| publisher = Oxford University Press
| pages = 649
| isbn = 9780199325351
| dewey =
| congress =
| oclc = 860943941
| website = http://transbodies.com
}}
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community is a 2014 non-fiction book published by Oxford University Press.{{cite web
| url =https://www.npr.org/2014/07/17/332051691/trans-bodies-trans-selves-a-modern-manual-by-and-for-trans-people
| title ='Trans Bodies, Trans Selves': A Modern Manual By And For Trans People.
| last = Gross
| first = Terry
| date = July 17, 2014
| website = Fresh Air
| publisher =NPR
| access-date = January 18, 2016
| quote = }} Edited by psychiatrist Laura Erickson-Schroth, it covers health and wellness for transgender and gender non-conforming people.{{cite journal
| last = Phillip
| first = Daniel K.
| title = Review of Trans bodies, trans selves: A resource for the transgender community.
| journal = Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
| publisher = American Psychological Association
| volume = 1
| issue = 4
| pages = 498–499
| bibcode =
| doi = 10.1037/sgd0000059
| year = 2014
}}
| last = Erickson-Schroth
| first = Laura
| date =
| title = Trans bodies, trans selves: A resource for the transgender community.
| url = http://transbodies.com/
| publisher =
| volume =
| pages = xi
| bibcode =
| doi =
| access-date= September 4, 2019
}} It was a 27th Lambda Literary Awards finalist in the Transgender Non-Fiction category and won a 2015 Achievement Award from GLMA: Healthcare Professionals for LGBT Equality.{{cite web
| url = http://www.lgbtsr.org/2015/08/13/the-fenway-institute-among-2015-glma-achievement-award-recipients/
| title = The Fenway Institute Among 2015 GLMA Achievement Award Recipients
| last = McNease
| first = Mark
| date = August 13, 2015
| website = LGBT Sr.
| publisher =
| access-date = January 18, 2016
| quote = }} A second edition, with the new subtitle A Resource by and for Transgender Communities, was published in 2022.
Production
The project was inspired by the women's health book Our Bodies, Ourselves.{{cite news |last=Posadzki |first=Alexandra |author-link=Alexandra Posadzki |date=June 30, 2014 |title=Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: Roadmap to transgender. |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/trans-bodies-trans-selves-roadmap-to-transgender/article19391730/ |access-date=January 18, 2016 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail}}{{cite web
| url = http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/2015/11/how-obos-inspired-trans-bodies-trans-selves/
| title = How OBOS Inspired "Trans Bodies, Trans Selves"
| last = Sanford
| first = Wendy
| date = November 10, 2015
| website = ourbodiesourselves.org
| publisher =
| access-date = January 18, 2016
| quote = }} The editor put out a call for submissions in 2011.{{cite web
| url = http://www.glaad.org/blog/trans-bodies-trans-selves-new-resource-guide-seeks-submissions
| title = "Trans Bodies, Trans Selves," a New Resource Guide, Seeks Submissions.
| last = Swadhin
| first = Amita
| date = September 14, 2011
| website =
| publisher = GLAAD
| access-date = January 18, 2016
| quote =
| archive-date = 4 March 2016
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191738/http://www.glaad.org/blog/trans-bodies-trans-selves-new-resource-guide-seeks-submissions
| url-status = dead
}} Each section was written under the guidance of expert advisors. The foreword is by author Jennifer Finney Boylan.
Reception
The book received positive reviews from the gender and sexuality scholar Cael M. Keegan in Genders, the children's book author Kyle Lukoff in the American Library Association's GLBT Reviews blog, and the medical doctor Henry H. Ng in LGBT Health.{{cite journal
| last = Keegan
| first = Cael M.
| date = Spring 2013
| title = Moving Bodies: Sympathetic Migrations in Transgender Narrativity
| url = https://www.academia.edu/7220040
| journal = Genders
| publisher = University of Texas Press
| volume =
| issue = 57
| pages =
| bibcode =
| doi =
| access-date= January 18, 2016
| url = http://www.glbtrt.ala.org/reviews/trans-bodies-trans-selves-a-resource-for-the-transgender-community/
| title = Book review: Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community, edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth
| last = Lukoff
| first = Kyle
| date = August 28, 2014
| website =
| publisher =American Library Association
| access-date = January 18, 2016
| quote = }}{{cite journal
| last = Ng
| first = Henry H.
| title = Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: The Owner's Manual to Life, Health, and Self.
| journal = LGBT Health
| publisher = Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
| volume = 2
| issue = 3
| pages = 282–283
| bibcode =
| doi = 10.1089/lgbt.2015.0013
| pmid = 27494753
| pmc=4713020| year = 2015
}} It also received positive coverage in the mainstream press. Jessica Grose wrote in New Republic that the anthology is "brimming with straightforward information about living a life as a gender-nonconforming person in the United States."{{cite magazine
| url = https://newrepublic.com/article/118027/trans-bodies-trans-selves-review
| title = The Transgender Rights Movement Needs a Goofy, Basic Foundational Text.
| last = Grose
| first = Jessica
| date = June 8, 2014
| magazine = New Republic
| access-date = January 18, 2016
}} It was named to several top-ten lists for 2014.{{cite web
| url = http://www.shewired.com/identities/2015/10/22/10-must-read-books-when-youre-having-gender-trouble
| title =10 Must-Read Books When You're Having Gender Questions.
| last =
| first =
| date = October 22, 2015
| website = SheWired
| publisher =
| access-date = January 18, 2016
| quote = }}{{cite web
| url = http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/books/2014/11/05/years-10-best-transgender-non-fiction-books
| title = The Year's 10 Best Transgender Non-Fiction Books.
| last = Kellaway
| first = Mitch
| date = November 5, 2014
| work = The Advocate
| access-date = January 18, 2016
| quote = }}
References
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External links
- [http://transbodies.com/ Official website]
- [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/trans-bodies-trans-selves-9780199325351 Trans Bodies, Trans Selves] via Oxford University Press
Category:English-language non-fiction books
Category:2014 non-fiction books
Category:Transgender non-fiction books
Category:LGBTQ literature in the United States