The Politic and Institution

• Popular Press
  • Astor, M. (2022, Dec. 10). Transgender Americans feel under siege as political vitriol rises. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/10/us/politics/anti-transgender-lgbtq-threats-attacks.html
  • Bryant, E. (2022, Nov. 17). Violence, torture, and isolation: What it’s like to be trans in prison. Vera. https://www.vera.org/news/violence-torture-and-isolation-what-its-like-to-be-trans-in-prison
  • Cassandra, R. (2022, Aug. 17). Cowgirl boots, anxious nights: Transgender youth and families grapple with hostile legislation – and sky-high rates of mental illness. MindSite News. https://mindsitenews.org/2022/08/17/cowgirl-boots-anxious-nights-transgender-youth-and-families-grapple-with-hostile-legislation-and-sky-high-rates-of-mental-illness/
  • Demirhan, A. (2022, Jun. 21). Dark money authors of GOP-led ‘Women’s Bill of Rights’ have a history of attacking Title IX and trans women. Ms. Magazine. https://msmagazine.com/2022/06/21/womens-bill-of-rights-independent-womens-forum-trans-nonbinary-rights/
  • Diaz, J. (2022, Oct. 22). Trans inmates need access to gender-affirming care. Often they have to sue to get it. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2022/10/25/1130146647/transgender-inmates-gender-affirming-health-care-lawsuits-prison
  • Gill-Peterson, J. (2021, June 1). Trans kids in the US were seeking treatment decades before today’s political battles over access to health care. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/trans-kids-in-the-us-were-seeking-treatment-decades-before-todays-political-battles-over-access-to-health-care-157481
  • McClurg, L. (2022, Oct. 18). California becomes first sanctuary state for transgender youth seeking medical care. KQED. https://www.kqed.org/news/11929233/california-becomes-first-sanctuary-state-for-transgender-youth-seeking-medical-care
  • Parakul, N. (2022, Dec. 13). The long, troubled history of police and transgender communities. Insider. https://www.insider.com/lgbtq-police-liaisons-abuse-trans-people-2022-12
  • Prosser, J. (2022, Aug. 10). Trans rights and political backlash: five key moments in history. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/trans-rights-and-political-backlash-five-key-moments-in-history-187476
  • Ravipati, S. (2022, Oct. 3). Medical groups urge DOJ to investigate threats over gender-affirming care. Axios. https://www.axios.com/2022/10/04/medical-groups-gender-affirming-care-trans-youth-threats
  • Rummmler, O. (2022, Oct. 3). Health care for transgender adults remains legal, but states are quietly trying to limit access. The 19th. https://19thnews.org/2022/10/transgender-healthcare-adults-limit-restrict/
  • Rummler, O. (2022, Oct. 3). Medical groups ask Justice Department to investigate threats against hospitals over gender-affirming care. The 19th. https://19thnews.org/2022/10/trans-youth-hospitals-justice-department/
  • Spade, D. (2018, Oct. 22). Right-wing fantasies about gender are killing trans people. Truthout. https://truthout.org/articles/right-wing-fantasies-about-gender-are-killing-trans-people/
  • Villavicencio, J. (2022, Jun. 3). Criminalizing abortion and gender-affirming care marks political invasion of evidence-based healthcare. Ms. Magazine. https://msmagazine.com/2022/06/03/abortion-bans-trans-gender-affirming-healthcare-science/
• Scholarly/ Peer-Reviewed
  • Brown, G.R. & Jones, K.T. (2015). Health correlates of criminal justice involvement in 4,793 transgender veterans. LGBT Health, 2(4), 297-305. http://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2015.0052
  • Graham, L.F. (2014). Navigating community institutions: Black transgender women’s experiences in schools, the criminal justice system, and churches. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 11, 274–287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-014-0144-y
  • Gray, A., Crandall, R.E., & Tongsri, J. (2018). Transgender student-athletes and their inclusion in intercollegiate athletics. New Directions for Student Services, 163, 43.-53. https://doi.org/10.1002/ss.20269
  • Mananzala, R., & Spade, D. (2008). The nonprofit industrial complex and trans resistance. Sexuality Research & Social Policy 5(53). https://doi.org/10.1525/srsp.2008.5.1.53
  • Marrett, S. (2017). Beyond rehabilitation: Constitutional violations associated with the isolation and discrimination of transgender youth in the juvenile justice system. Boston College Law Review, 58(1), 351-378.
  • Martino, W. (2022). A transgender studies approach for educators in schools: Reflections on “cissexist pitfalls,” bifurcated frameworks, and racial justice. Teachers College Record, 124(8), 17–42. https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681221121514
  • McCarthy, C. (2018). Review guidance for inclusion of transgender student-athletes. College Athletics and the Law, 15(8), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/catl.30532
  • Shelton, J., Kroehle, K., & Andia, M. (2019). The trans person is not the problem: Brave spaces and structural competence as educative tools for trans justice in social work. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 46(4), 97-124. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4356&context=jssw
  • Siegel, D.P. (2019). Transgender experiences and transphobia in higher education. Sociology Compass, 13(10), e12734. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12734
  • Stotzer, R.L. (2014). Law enforcement and criminal justice personnel interactions with transgender people in the United States: A literature review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 19(3), 263-277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2014.04.012
  • Stroumsa, D., Shires, D.A., Richardson, C.R., Jaffee, K.D., & Woodford, M.R. (2019). Transphobia rather than education predicts provider knowledge of transgender health care. Medical Education, 53(4), 398-407. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13796
  • Sutton, H. (2016). Transgender college students more at risk for suicide when denied bathroom, housing rights. Campus Security Report, 12(2), 9. https://doi.org/10.1002/casr.30167
  • Sutton, H. (2017). Understand the needs and experiences of incoming transgender students. Campus Security Report, 14(6), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1002/casr.30305
  • Vitulli, E. (2010-11). Racialized criminality and the imprisoned trans body: Adjudicating access to gender-related medical treatment in prisons. Social Justice, 37(1), 53-68. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41336935
  • Whitley, C.T., Nordmarken, S., Kolysh, S., & Goldstein-Kral, J. (2022). I’ve been misgendered so many times: Comparing the experiences of chronic misgendering among transgender graduate students in the social and natural sciences. Sociological Inquiry, 92(3), 1001-1028. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/soin.12482
• Books
  • Currah, P., Juang, R.M., &Minter, S.P. (Eds.). (2006). Transgender rights. University of Minnesota Press.
  • Currah, P. (2022). Sex is as sex does: Governing transgender identity. NYU Press.
  • McBride, S. (2018). Tomorrow will be different: Love, loss, and the fight for trans equality. Crown Archetype.
  • Spade, D. (2015). Normal life: Administrative violence, critical trans politics, and the limits of law. Duke University Press Books.