America Through Transgender Eyes - Paperback

by J. E. Sumerau (Author), Lain A. B. Mathers (Author)

America through Transgender Eyes provides readers with important insights into the beauty and struggle of transgender people, identities, experiences, and relationships.

Author Biography

J.E. Sumerau is an award-winning researcher, novelist, and professor in sociology as well as the director of applied sociology at the University of Tampa. Their research focuses on the intersections of sexualities, gender, health, and religion in relation to systemic patterns of violence and inequality. They are the author of over seventy works to date, with work published in countless academic journals and edited volumes and as monographs from multiple academic presses. They are also the co-editor of the academic blog site www.writewhereithurts.net and a regular contributor to Conditionally Accepted at Inside Higher Ed. For more information on their work, please visit www.jsumerau.com. Lain A. B. Mathers is an award-winning instructor and doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Their areas of interest are gender, sexualities, religion, and health with a focus on LGBTQ religious experiences, transgender existence, and bisexualities. Their work has been published in academic journals including Symbolic Interaction, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Social Currents, Teaching Sociology, and Sociological Inquiry. They are also the assistant editor of the academic blog site www.writewhereithurts.net and are currently finishing a dissertation on the experiences of bi+ people in America.