Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242).
Contents:
Section 4: Nursing whilst non-binary / The me I am when I am not me / Drew Simms. The soft line in-between / Jespa Jacob Smith -- Coming out of Borneo, coming into non-binary / Vynn -- From skinnies to skirts and crop-top shirts : traversing transfemme troubles / Ynda Jas -- Who needs gender? / LJ -- Mediterranean gender journeys : exploring gender identity and migration to and from places to call home / Ludo Tolu and Mina Tolu -- All gods are the same / Kimwei McCarthy -- Latinx not Latina / Annelyn Janib -- Weep and storm and swear they lie / Dang Nguyen -- Section 2: Communities -- Non-binary experience in a liberal faith community / Fred Langridge -- Queer identity as a spiritual calling / Rev. Rowan Bombadil -- My kind of people : finding empowerment as a unicorn / Calvin Hall -- Out in the establishment : the gender journey of an outside insider / Edward Lord, OBE, JP -- All gender's a stage / Eli Effinger-Weintraub -- From gender essentialist to genderqueer / Al Head -- The chicken soup of identity : talking from the intersectional prism of Judaism, gender, sexuality, health and disability / Chai-Yoel Korn -- Section 3: The life course -- Triremes and battered pineapple rings / Karen Pollock -- I am three : age and non-binary / Igi Moon -- Non-binary intersections and gender euphoria / Meg-John Barker -- Genderation : am I allowed to be non-binary too? / Lucy/Luc Nicholas -- Blood deal / Mud Howard -- The 'outsider's' journey to parenthood / Eli -- 'Why are we using this changing room?' / Cal Orre -- No easy answers / Daniel Morrison -- Section 4: Bodies, health and wellbeing -- On borrowed spoons / Alex Iantaffi -- Dahlia among orchids : neither a boy nor girl 'on the inside', but gender-chaotic 'on the outside' / S.W. Underwood -- Is it still a body? / H Howitt -- Trans, autistic, and a lot more besides / Sam Hope -- Fleshing out non-binary / Francis Ray White -- Nursing whilst non-binary / Drew Simms.
Summary:
What does it mean to be non-binary in the 21st century? Our gender identity is impacted by our personal histories; the cultures, communities, and countries we are born into; and the places we go and the people we meet. But the representation of contemporary non-binary identities has been limited, until now. Pushing the narrative around non-binary identities further than ever before, this powerful collection of essays represents the breadth of non-binary lives, across the boundaries of race, class, age, sexuality, faith, and more. Leading non-binary people share stories of their intersecting lives; how it feels to be non-binary and neurodiverse, the challenges of being a non-binary pregnant person, what it means to be non-binary within the Quaker community, the joy of reaching gender euphoria. This thought-provoking anthology shows that there is no right or wrong way to be non-binary.-- Provided by publisher.
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