《跨性別世代：跨性別兒童（及其家長）如何創造性別革命》
Author: Ann Travers
ISBN: 9781479885794
June, 2018
288 pages
Subjects: Sociology / LGBT Studies
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有些「男孩」只穿裙子，有些「女孩」卻把裙子拒之門外。這兩種情況很多時候都不單純關乎個人的穿搭取向。作者Travers在本書中作出一個對跨性別孩子生活的解釋。跨性別人士年幼時已感覺到自己跟天生的生理性別不同。本書就此重點談述這些孩子如何在家長和朋友面前，以及在學校、公眾地方與法庭等地方發聲。
《跨性別世代》根據與四至二十歲的跨性別兒童和青年及其家長的訪談，加上在美國和加拿大超過五年的研究，呈現給讀者跨性別孩子成長路上的心路歷程。
同是跨性別的Travers，以第一手經驗記錄成長中的跨性別孩子及其家長遇到的問題。從此書可體現出這些家長為孩子所付出無比的愛、時間及精神。即使在配套不足的學校、法律、醫療制度前，也毫不退縮。跨性別兒童尤其容易受霸凌，繼而自殘，甚至自殺。因此，作者在書中建議不少幫助這些孩子的政策方案和社會介入。
《跨性別世代》為讀者帶來一個對跨性別者童年的嶄新理解，幫助跨性別孩子定位自己，質疑性別是否必定”非黑即白”，亦提出一些能讓文化和物質資源更平均分配的方法。
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作者簡介：
Ann Travers是Simon Fraser大學社會及人類學系的教授。
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簡介原文：Some “boys” will only wear dresses; some “girls” refuse to wear dresses; in both cases, as Ann Travers shows in this fascinating account of the lives of transgender children, these are often more than just wardrobe choices. From a very early age, these kids find themselves to be different from the sex category that was assigned to them at birth. How they make their voices heard—to their parents and friends, in schools, in public spaces, and through the courts—is the focus of this remarkable book.
Based on interviews with transgender children, ranging in age from 4 to 20, and their parents, and over five years of research in the US and Canada, The Trans Generation offers a rare look into what it is like to grow up as a trans child.
As a transgender person, Travers is able to document from first-hand experience the difficulties of growing up trans and the challenges that parents can face. The book shows the incredible time, energy, and love that these parents give to their children, even in the face of, at times, unsupportive communities, schools, courts, health systems, and government laws. Keeping in mind that trans kids are among the most vulnerable to bullying, violent attacks, self-harm, and suicide, Travers offers ways to support trans kids through policy recommendations and activist interventions. Ultimately, the book is meant to explore options for kids’ own gender self-determination, to question the need for the sex binary, and to highlight ways that cultural and material resources can be redistributed more equitably. The Trans Generation offers an essential and important new understanding of childhood.
Ann Travers is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Simon Fraser University.
