The Transgender Issue

An Argument for Justice

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Shon Faye: The Transgender Issue (2021, Penguin)

Ebook, 320 pages

English language

Published Sept. 2, 2021 by Penguin.

ISBN:
978-0-14-199181-8
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OCLC Number:
1263807567

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4 stars (2 reviews)

3 editions

Really good, for the right audience

4 stars

Content warning transphobia

Review of 'The Transgender Issue' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Here we have another case of "great content, flawed execution".

First things first: this book is great. Shon Faye is right about 99.9% the things she says, and there are no two pages in this book where I didn't underline at least one sentence of the "louder for the people in the back" variety. She accurately details a huge number of problems trans people are faced with today, in general and in Britain in particular; she describes the various ways transphobia can express itself, highlights the crucial intersections between the liberations of trans, disabled, and BAME/BIPoC people, and all the ways in which trans people's liberation is inseparably connected with the struggle of the working class for freedom. She debunks several transphobic myths, dissects the media-driven moral panic about us, describes in detail the unholy alliance between reactionary "feminists" and American neo-nazis, and envisions a better world in which workers' …