Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-277).
Contents:
A trans body's path in eight folds -- Lincoln Street -- Boombox -- Prayer for the workingman -- Identity poem -- The conversation -- Lips like Elvis -- In this dungeon, all prisoners are free to leave -- The first time -- Sharing trans : internet transgender discourses and the end of gatekeeping -- Lessons from the locker room -- Pigeon hunters -- Splinters -- Manhood is boring -- Trans grit -- Holding on with both hands -- Man pageant, unscripted -- My life in ink -- The love that remains -- Antoinette, for example -- Car crash on Interstate 5 -- Soil, shit, and compost -- Half as sensitive -- The fourth level -- Throwing a sheet over the ghost.
Summary:
"Pass with Care is a testament to trans resilience, queer joy, and the power of finding freedom and adventure within a community of your own creation. Transgender writer, artist, and activist Cooper Lee Bombardier shifts effortlessly between lyrical essays, poetry, and narrative nonfiction as his own landscape changes over the course of two decades. From working-class New England to the queer punk scene of early '90s-San Francisco to New Mexico's deserts, Bombardier documents his experiences with compassion and reverence, offering us an expansive view of gender and sexuality, masculinity and tenderness, and the difference between surviving and thriving."--Publisher marketing.
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