Gender euphoria stories of joy from trans, non-binary and intersex writers

"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 t...

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Other Authors: Dale, Laura Kate (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: London : Unbound, 2021.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.