The Transgender Issue keyword-modern-literary-criticism not simply as a political

not simply as a political programme

and more particularly

includes a foreword by the writer and publisher Eric Hazan

While critical of the hypocrisies and elitism that can attach to notions of cultural self-realization

The Transgender Issue keyword-modern-literary-criticism not simply as a politicalIn this brilliant introduction to trans politics, journalist Shon Faye gives an incisive overview of systemic transphobia and argues that the struggle for trans rights is necessary to any struggle for social justice. So often, Faye argues, trans people are understood as a side issue, 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: