• Acknowledgments


• Preface


• Chapter 1: Our Many Selves


• Chapter 2: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture


• Chapter 3: Immigrant Identity


• Chapter 4: Disabilities and Deafness


• Chapter 5: Sex and Gender Development


• Chapter 6: Coming Out


• Chapter 7: Religion and Spirituality


• Chapter 8: Social Transition


• Chapter 9: Employment


• Chapter 10: Legal


• Chapter 11: Immigration Issues


• Chapter 12: General Sexual and Reproductive Health


• Chapter 13: Medical Transition


• Chapter 14: Surgical Transition


• Chapter 15: Mental Health Supports and Services


• Chapter 16: Mental Health Concerns


• Chapter 17: Relationships


• Chapter 18: Sexuality


• Chapter 19: Parenthood


• Chapter 20: Children


• Chapter 21: Youth


• Chapter 22: Aging


• Chapter 23: History


• Chapter 24: Arts and Culture


• Chapter 25: Political Action and Organizing


• Afterword


• Glossary

Laura Erickson-Schroth, MD, MA, is a psychiatry resident at New York University Medical Center. She is a board member of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality, as well as the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists. She is a founding member of the Gender and Family Network of New York City, a group for service providers interested in the health of gender non-conforming children and adolescents.

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is a groundbreaking, personal, and informative guide for the transgender population, covering health, legal issues, cultural and social questions, history, theory, and more. It is a place for transgender and gender-questioning people, their partners and families, students, professors, and guidance counselors, to look for up-to-date information on transgender life.