Description
Book SynopsisSelected as a 2019 LGBT Book of the Year by Dazed and Ms. Magazine
A ground-breaking anthology of writing on the topic of love, written by trans and non-binary people who share their thoughts, feelings and experiences of love in all its guises. The collection spans familial, romantic, spiritual and self-love as well as friendships and ally love, to provide a broad and honest understanding of how trans people navigate love and relationships, and what love means to them.
Reclaiming what love means to trans people, this book provokes conversations that are not reflected in what is presently written, moving the narrative around trans identities away from sensationalism. At once intimate and radical, and both humorous and poignant, this book is for anyone who has loved, who is in love, and who is looking for love.
Trade ReviewTrans Love makes for poignant, page-turning reading. * DAZED *
Affirming and authentic, trans stories told by trans people. -- Charlie Craggs, author of To My Trans Sisters
To consider a trans person's entitlement to love and be loved might feel like a radical step, for to go there is to acknowledge both the humanity of trans folk and, furthermore, wider society's capacity to discern and value it. If you think you could never love a trans person or they have no right to love you then prepare to be shaken. -- Christine Burns MBE, Author and Transgender Activist
From learning how to love yourself to falling for a soulmate, the concept of love can be daunting for a trans person. Trans Love gives a beautiful insight into the hearts and souls of what love means for trans and non-binary people today. -- Sarah Savage, author of Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl and co-founder of Trans Pride Brighton
Table of ContentsIntroduction - Freiya Benson;
On Love - Love in a Sentence; Part 1 - Sex and Relationships; 1. Introduction - Freiya Benson; 2. Gingerbread People (A love letter) - Jo Green; 3. Literacy - Grace E. Reynolds; 4. First Dates and Sexual Preconceptions - Freiya Benson; 5. Freya - Aglaya Khachaturian; 6. From Grindr, with love. - Stephen; 7. water signs - mud howard; 8. Explore me - Caleb Murray; 9. "As Though it Were Easy" - Faith DaBrooke; 10. last night - Grace E. Reynolds; 11. Star-crossed - Sid S. Coles; 12. Fucking Feelings - Freiya Benson; 13. Real - Deeana Violet; 14. Poems - Alex Ahmed; 15. Someone I Love is Trans - L-J; 16. Poem - Sebastian Causton;
On Love - What are you thinking about Love right now?; Part 2 - What could non-binary love look like? - Meg John Barker;
On Love - Genderfork- A selection of thoughts and feelings on love; Part 3 - Faith and Belief; 1. Introduction - Freiya Benson; 2. Performing Spirits - Jo Green; 3. 2018 Love - Sabah Choudrey; 4. Our Place - Peta Evans; 5. Finding home - Alex Iantaffi;
On Love - Three little words (I love you); Part 4 - Family and Friendship; 1. Introduction - Freiya Benson; 2. Two thousand and five - Josie Anderson; 3. Alias - Sebastian Causton; 4. tones of the caparazón, or: the lizard brain's response to misgendering by folks who should know better - Ariel Estrella; 5. H.B.T.W - Sebastian Causton; 6. MtF, seeks love, maybe more - Emily; 7. Hiding from the World - Freiya Benson; 8. Non-fiction - Max Guttman; 9. The Rents. - Silver; 10. Texting Back "I Love You Too" - Faith DaBrooke; 11. Expression of Love - Mick; 12. The Bends - Kaoru Sato;
On Love - What we love; Part 5 - Self Love; 1. Introduction - Freiya Benson2. Love - Ryan; 3. Untitled (since it happened) - Benjamin; 4. Untitled - Roch; 5. As Eyes Blur Together - Ren Wilding; 6. Our Bodies Define Us - Freiya Benson; 7. Who I am - Sebastian Causton; 8. Smashing it - Sebastian Causton; 9. Remember - Sebastian Causton; 10. Love - Kaylie Ackerman; 11. in west Philadelphia - Lawrence Lorraine Mullen; 12. The Body Subversive - Eris Young; 13. Palaver - So Mayer; 14. Detransition: A Love Story - Evelyn Deshane;
On Love - The Past and Future of Love; Part 6 - Love, and all of us - Freiya Benson; Acknowledgements; Author Biographies; Further Resources and Reading; Notes and references
