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Abstract: While medical identification and treatment of gender dysphoria have existed for decades, the development of transgender as a "collective political identity" is a recent construct. Over the past twenty-five years, the transgender movement has gained statutory nondiscrimination protections at the state and local levels, hate crimes protections in a number of states, inclusion in a federal law against hate crimes, legal victories in the courts, and increasingly favorable policies in bureaucracies at all levels. It has achieved these victories despite the relatively small number of trans people and despite the widespread discrimination, poverty, and violence experienced by many in the transgender community. This is a remarkable achievement in a political system where public policy often favors those with important resources that the transgender community lacks: access, money, and voters. The Remarkable Rise of Transgender Rights explains the growth of the transgender rights movement despite its marginalized status within the current political opportunity structure.

Table of Contents:

• Intro; Contents; Section I: Transgender Identity and LGBT Rights; Introduction; Chapter 1. Rise of the Transgender Rights Movement and LGBT Rights; Section II: Public Attitudes on Transgender Rights; Chapter 2. Public Opinion about Transgender People and Policies with Andrew Flores, Patrick Miller, and Barry Tadlock; Chapter 3. The Factors Underlying Public Opinion about Transgender Rights with Andrew Flores, Patrick Miller, and Barry Tadlock; Section III: The Political Opportunity Structure and Transgender Rights; Section III Introduction; Chapter 4. Transgender Rights and Legislative Bodies.
• Chapter 5. Transgender Rights and the Judiciary with Jason PiercesonChapter 6. Executive Branch Treatments of Transgender Rights with Mitchell Sellers; Chapter 7. Direct Democracy and Transgender Rights; Section IV: Transgender Policy; Chapter 8. Identity Documentation and the Regulation of Gender; Chapter 9. Discrimination and Civil Rights; Chapter 10. Health Care Policy with Ryan Combs; Chapter 11. Education Policy; Chapter 12. Criminal Justice and Trans Identities; Conclusion; Appendixes; Appendix A. LGBT Organization Financial Data; Appendix B. Interviews.
• Appendix C. Survey Items for Scatter Plots in Chapter 2Appendix D. Remarks by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch on HB2; Appendix E. Methodology and Sample, June 2015 Clear Voice Research Survey; Appendix F. GfK Survey; Notes; References; About the Authors; Index.

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Jami K. , author

Contributors:

Lewis, Daniel C. , author

Haider-Markel, Donald P. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The remarkable rise of transgender rights [by Taylor, J.K.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Remarkable rise of transgender rights [by Taylor, J.K.] (Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2018] — ISBN 9780472074013; LCCN 2018023916; OCLC Number 1037295340)

Subjects:

Transgender people — Civil rights

Transgender people — Legal status, laws, etc.

Sex and law

Transgender people

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 24, 2018).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HQ77.9 .T39 2018eb

ISBNs:

9780472124275 (electronic book)
0472124277 (electronic book)
9780472074013 (hardcover, acid-free paper) [Invalid]
9780472054015 (paperback) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2018036434

OCLC Numbers:

1047572584