{"product_id":"trans-lives-social-realities-across-the-globe-paperback-softback-9781509572045","title":"Trans Lives; Social Realities Across the Globe (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509572045","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTrans Lives\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSocial Realities Across the Globe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRaewyn Connell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509572045, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 February 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm, 0.249 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Truly world-class scholarship. Reflections on trans issues need to be grounded in the realities of trans people and in a framework that is truly global. This timely work achieves this with both nuance and accessibility.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eViviane Namaste, author of \u003ci\u003eInvisible Lives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An inviting book about the herstories, lives and rights of trans women, trans men and gender diverse people around the world, true to Connell's commitment to a feminist lens on gender as power and on what justice and freedom might be, for all of us.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinn Mackay, author of \u003ci\u003eFemale Masculinities and the Gender Wars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Impressively comprehensive overview of trans issues from a global perspective.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Tatchell, human rights campaigner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTrans people have been thrust into the spotlight in recent years across the world as never before. Trans groups have become targets of intense online abuse and hostile political and religious campaigns. The media abound with reports on a few glamorous trans women, or anti-trans attacks, but say little about the everyday realities of trans lives or their global diversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Raewyn Connell, a world-leading sociologist and gender researcher, gathers the evidence and writes about the lives of trans women and men, \u003ci\u003ehijra\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003etravesti\u003c\/i\u003e, and other groups around the world. She looks at the forces shaping trans lives, including medicine and its limitations, precarity and poverty, unequal gender relations, the role of sex work, and encounters with the state and the corporate economy. She discusses what is behind anti-trans campaigns, criticizing the simplistic idea that 'transphobia' explains these, and suggesting more potent causes. Finally, by exploring the creative ways trans groups have organized, she argues for the contribution they can and should make to solving our shared contemporary crises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in clear and vivid language, this book offers illuminating new perspectives on gender transitions, and on gender itself.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction \u003cp\u003eI\u003cbr\u003e1. Real lives\u003cbr\u003e2. People who are not trans, and the nature of gender\u003cbr\u003e3. Transitions and transition work\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII\u003cbr\u003e4. The doctors and trans health\u003cbr\u003e5. The world around us\u003cbr\u003e6. Anti-trans\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII\u003cbr\u003e7. Changing the world\u003cbr\u003eIn conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52462937145624,"sku":"9781509572045","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509572045.jpg?v=1785542966","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/trans-lives-social-realities-across-the-globe-paperback-softback-9781509572045","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}