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Trans Figured: On Being a Transgender Person in a Cisgender World
‘I was four and three-quarters when I asked my mother if, from now on, I could please go to school as a girl instead of as a boy …’
In this extraordinary new book, renowned philosopher Sophie Grace Chappell combines personal memoir, philosophical reflection, open letters, science fiction writing, and poetry to help us all figure out transgender.
What is it really like to be transgender?
How can we as a society do better to accept the reality of trans lives and to welcome and include trans adults, trans children, and trans families?
How can trans people thrive in a cisgendered world?
For too long now, clouds of myth, misinformation, alarmism, and wrong-headed ideology have masked the reality of trans people’s lives. By answering questions like these, this book blows away the clouds and gives us the truth instead.
Rich, informative, and deeply moving, Trans Figured will be widely read and celebrated for years to come.
In this extraordinary new book, renowned philosopher Sophie Grace Chappell combines personal memoir, philosophical reflection, open letters, science fiction writing, and poetry to help us all figure out transgender.
What is it really like to be transgender?
How can we as a society do better to accept the reality of trans lives and to welcome and include trans adults, trans children, and trans families?
How can trans people thrive in a cisgendered world?
For too long now, clouds of myth, misinformation, alarmism, and wrong-headed ideology have masked the reality of trans people’s lives. By answering questions like these, this book blows away the clouds and gives us the truth instead.
Rich, informative, and deeply moving, Trans Figured will be widely read and celebrated for years to come.
256 pages, Hardcover
Published June 25, 2024
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January 25, 2025
As a trans girl myself I recognize I wasn’t quite the intended audience here, however this book would’ve been such an eye opener if I had read it pre transition. If you are someone who does not understand (but aren’t a howling transphobe) this is a good resource. I could’ve done without the Christianity bits, but I appreciate their applications with general queer history/representation - perhaps not always in true form, but in emotional query as well.
This is a good resource for educating people on the general, specifically MtF, trans experience.
This is a good resource for educating people on the general, specifically MtF, trans experience.
October 22, 2024
First of all, the hardcover book is just beautifully designed.
This philosophical memoir by Sophie Grace Chappell, a transgender woman, is an interesting read for sure. She provides a balanced and usually even-handed set of arguments, acknowledging that most of her authority derives from her first-hand experience. Although not all of the claims are logically sound, the book makes for a compelling read as it forces me to consider a lived reality that is vastly different from my own.
This philosophical memoir by Sophie Grace Chappell, a transgender woman, is an interesting read for sure. She provides a balanced and usually even-handed set of arguments, acknowledging that most of her authority derives from her first-hand experience. Although not all of the claims are logically sound, the book makes for a compelling read as it forces me to consider a lived reality that is vastly different from my own.
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