The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice by

The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice Reviews

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  Anon

  I'm halfway through, and so far it's a solid book that does what it purports to do: instead of talking about the issues other people have with trans people, it reclaims the political narrative and dives deeply into the issues trans people face. Anyone who's been looking for something informative that isn't a 101 or a memoir should absolutely take a look.
  
  The only criticism I have at this point is of some of the praise directed towards the US healthcare system and social support system generally as it relates to trans people (okay, and the editor could've been a bit better). While I do appreciate that I didn't have to wait years for hormone help on this side of the pond, it is beyond bizarre Shon thinks our system is anything to be inspired by in addressing the UK approach!
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  Rook Campbell

  A very smart and quality write. Speaks to and from the multiple and interwoven angles of cultural politics that impact justice for not just the edges of marginal communities (in this case transgender people) but for all of us.
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  Mollie

  Ordered from the UK. An import counterpoint to the multitude of gender critical texts that discuss the 'transgender issue' without ever including, or often even considering the transgender perspective. An essential reframing and discussion of essential concerns. Very well done.
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  goodreads Customer

  Being the focal point of a media accelerated whirlwind of hate is constantly exhausting, embarrassing, and dangerous. In this book, Shon Faye manages to cut through the most absurd arguments to get to the actual human problems being faced. In a whirlwind of sensationalist hate, some calm logical arguments for morality are greatly appreciated. The world needs this book. Update: Having read some of the other reviews, I noted an existing one Star Review claiming the book lies at every turn. I decided to check this claim. Lo, the websites linked said what was linked. The sources were direct and clear. Lying about the works factual accuracy is bluntly appalling, and I invite anyone who believes in that drivel to aquire the book, check themselves, and learn the truth.
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  Sarah-Louise J

  While this was an easy read and Shon is a competent writer a lot of the statistics breathtakingly cited here are incorrect. Checking the sources in the back of the book became a bit of a constant endeavour for me when I realised this and I rarely found a source that said was Shon said it did. In some cases entirely the wrong source had been cited.
  
  This is a glaring error in any work, and particularly a work that aims to change society.
  
  Added to which this book pushes the narrow agenda of only a few people in our society who want to replace biological sex, which they see as constructed, with gender identity which they believe is useful.
  
  This raises all kinds of ethical problems for women and same sex attracted people whose distinct reality is instantly rewritten.
  
  I would so love to see a compassionate trans writer engage with that instead of pretend it isn’t so.
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  Cara English

  The book details how we got to where we are with regards to everything trans in the UK, as well as spelling out what the actual pressing issues for trans people are, not the ones superimposed upon them by faulty media and political systems. Ultimately the book is a groundbreaking treatise for trans liberation, with the core argument that trans lib goes part and parcel with the emancipation of all marginalised groups.
  
  Wonderfully written, insightful, well researched and punchy exactly what those who've been following Shon's career with interest have come to expect from her.
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  Edward Evans

  How lucky we are to have a writer like Shon Faye, whose lucid analysis and passionate plea for empathy in a deeply hostile media landscape is to be celebrated. I hope this book reaches not just those who proudly stand alongside trans people, and is able to counteract the ignorance and hatred in this so called ‘debate’.
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  Danni

  This book explains the reality of trans people's lives against a back drop of years of deliberate media misinformation, misrepresentation, out right lies & hate campaigns against trans people from the far right & hate groups puporting to be Christian, Feminist & LGB rights groups which in reality harrass trans people on & offline just trying to go about their daily banal lives.
  
  Trans people need real change. I've been banging on about most of this stuff for years but like most trans people have no reach. This book makes that case & hopefully will reach people than most trans people could ever hope to reach.
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  Michael B.

  A fantastic, educational ,well researched, honest and eye opening book. Providing a window into the reality of being transgender. How we got to the point in which trans people are being used as a rope in an ideological tug of war. It also poses positive solutions that I hope to see come to fruition. I decided to try this book as I know little about the subject and Im suspicious of all the culture wars propaganda that is so pervasive in the mainstream media. This is the first book I've read on the subject and I've found it to be very valuble and compelling. I highly recommend reading it.