Trans Activism in Canada: A Reader

ISBN-13: 9781551305370 / Angielski

Dan Irving;Rupert Raj

Spis treści

• Acknowledgements
• Foreword – Aaron H. Devor
• Introduction – Dan Irving and Rupert Raj
• Part I: Transforming Experiences of Oppression into Opportunities for Social Change
• Part IA: Historical Perspectives
• Chapter 1: “We Paved the Way for Whatever Tolerance They Have in Their Lives”: An Interview with Michelle De Ville, “The First Door Bitch in Montreal” – Viviane Namaste
• Chapter 2: The Golden Age of Prostitution: One Woman’s Personal Account of an Outdoor Brothel in Vancouver, 1975-1984 – Jamie Lee Hamilton
• Chapter 3: Rupert Raj and the Rise of Transsexual Consumer Activism in the 1980s – Nick Matte
• Chapter 4: Gender Strike! It’s an Offence – Elizabeth “Raven” James
• Chapter 5: Finding My Place: The High Risk Project Society – Sandy Leo Laframboise
• Part IB: Contemporary Perspectives
• Chapter 6: Two Poems: “My Name is Susan” and “Pause and Reflect” – Susan Gapka
• Chapter 7: When Dad Becomes Mom: The Story of One Mother’s Love for Her Children, Parent Alienation, and “Happily Ever After” – Michelle Boyce and Jessica Boyce
• Part II: “Changing the Way We Change”: Critical Reflections on Doing Trans Activism
• Part IIA: Individual Approaches
• Chapter 8: A Sense of Place: Expressions of Trans Activism North of Lake Nipissing – Grey Kimber Piitaapan Muldoon (with Dan Irving)
• Chapter 9: Zening the Art of Trans Activism – Rupert Raj
• Chapter 10: Acting Queerly: Ruminations on Being a Queer Lawyer and Activist – Barbara Findlay
• Chapter 11: Choosing Better than Oppression – Calvin Neufeld
• Part IIB: Community Approaches
• Chapter 12: “What Is Missing in Our Community Is Self-Love.” An Interview with Marie-Marcelle Godbout, Founder of L'Aide aux Transsexuel(le)s du Québec – Nora Butler Burke and Viviane Namaste; translated and revised by Natalie Duchesne
• Chapter 13: Trans Access Project: Running the Gauntlet – Kyle Scanlon, Jake Pyne, Dani Araya, Alec Butler, Jazzmine Manalo, Evana Ortigoza, Julissa Penate, Yasmeen Persad, and Kenji Tokawa
• Chapter 14: A Conversation about Art and Activism with Trans and Genderqueer People Labelled with Intellectual Disabilities – Zack Marshall, Marcus Burnette, Sonia Lowton, Rainbow, Romeo Dontae Treshawn Smith, Jay Tiamo, Onyinyechukwu Udegbe, and Tess Vo; illustrations by Elisha Lim
• Chapter 15: Happy Tranny Day – Tien Neo Eamas and Devon MacFarlane
• Part III: Transforming Institutions from the Inside
• Part IIIA: Transformations in Bureaucracy
• Chapter 16: Gender Struggles: Reflections on Trans Liberation, Trade Unionism, and the Limits of Solidarity – Trish Salah
• Chapter 17: Trans in Class: Trans Activism in a Suburban School Board – j wallace
• Chapter 18: A Very Brief Discussion of Social Work and Gender – Treanor Mahood-Greer
• Chapter 19: One Step at a Time: Moving Trans Activism Forward in a Large Bureaucracy – Devon MacFarlane, Lorraine Grieves, and Al Zwiers
• Part IIIB: Transformations in Health
• Chapter 20: Auditioning for Care: Transsexual Men in Ontario Accessing Health Care – Will Rowe
• Chapter 21: Agustine Only Plays with Barbies: A Psychosocial Synthesis of a Case Study – Silvia Tenenbaum
• Chapter 22: Using a Family and Multi-Systems Treatment Approach: Working with Gender-Variant Children – Wallace Wong
• Chapter 23: Sexual Health on Our Own Terms: The Gay, Bi, Queer Trans Men’s Working Group – Ayden I. Scheim, Syrus Marcus Ware, Nik Redman, Zack Marshall, and Broden Giambrone
• Chapter 24: Public Health Professionals, Community Researchers, and Community-Based Participatory Action Research: Process and Discovery – Kathy Chow, Jean Clipsham, Cheryl Dobinson, Susan Gapka, Elaine Hampson, Judith A. MacDonnell, and Rupert Raj
• Chapter 25: Advocacy for Gender Diversity in the Contemporary Canadian Nursing Context: A Focus on Ontario – Judith A. MacDonnell and Robin Fern
• Afterword – Viviane Namaste
• Contributor Biographies
• Index