Becoming prom king: how my classmates showed their support for my transition / Oliver Jones -- Gender-creative parenting and me / Halo Jedha Dawn -- The first signs of hormones were working for me / Laura Kate Dale -- My Mr's Mr: ensuring I got a gender-affirming wedding / Miles Nelson -- Escaping the monchrome closet at pride / Jane Aerith Magnet -- Loving my deep voice as a performer rather than default / Laura Kate Dale -- The euphorisa that lies in revolt: loving myself while living in Brazil / Júlia F. Cândida -- The gender of language: finding a pronoun for my identity / Teddy Sweet -- Mentally rewriting life before surgery / Laura Kate Dale -- Reflections: a bridesmaid on beauty and letting go / Mia Violet -- Life at the trans-intersex intersection / Mari Wrobi -- Gender affirmation through girly sleepovers / Laura Kate Dale -- Clippers and clarity: cutting my own hair for the first time / Parker Armando Deckard -- The tipping point: getting correctly gendered without making an effort / Laura Kate Dale -- Punks against gender conformity: being agender in the punk scene / Koda Strider -- Playing roller derby on an all-girls team / Laura Kate Dale -- Fashion, gender and not knowing you're non-binary in Nigeria / Olu Niui-Awosusi -- The myth of the yak: learning to love my body hair / Yas Lime -- Growing to appreciate myself in photographs / Laura Kate Dale -- The gates to Jannah: balancing transitioning and my faith / Jaden Hameed -- Exploring gendered presentation in online gaming worlds / Samara-Jade Sendek -- The empowering magic of affirming ID / Laura Kate Dale -- Epidermis: tattoos and transmasculine selfhood / Emmett Nahil -- Feeling safe and welcome, and seen by my teen idols / Laura Kate Dale -- Transition in lockdown: shaving and growth / William Keohane -- Drunken compliments and body positivity in the club / Laura Kate Dale -- The radical vulnerability of trans sex / Katherine Cross -- Being daddy: sex, gender, kink, and everything in between / Mxtress Luna.
Summary:
"So often the stories shared by trans people about their transition centre on gender dysphoria: a feeling of deep discomfort with their birth-assigned gender, and a powerful catalyst for coming out or transitioning. But for many non-cisgender people, it's gender euphoria which pushes forward their transition: the joy the first time a parent calls them by their chosen name, the first time they have the confidence to cut their hair short, the first time they truly embrace themself. In this ground-breaking anthology, nineteen trans, non-binary, agender, gender-fluid and intersex writers share their experiences of gender euphoria: an agender dominatrix being called 'Daddy,' an Arab trans man getting his first tattoos, a trans woman embracing her inner fighter. What they have in common are their feelings of elation, pride, confidence, freedom and ecstasy as a direct result of coming out as non-cisgender, and how coming to terms with their gender has brought unimaginable joy into their lives."--Publisher's description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.