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AUTHOR: Jonathan Alexander, Karen Yescavage, Fritz Klein (editors)
PUBLISHER: Routledge
LANGUAGE: English
DATE: 2004
PAGES: 312
ISBN: 1560232862

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Bisexuality and Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the Others

edited by Jonathan Alexander, Karen Yescavage, and Fritz Klein

This book, guaranteed to provoke debate and discussion of sexuality and gender, is the first devoted exclusively to the relationship between transgenderism and bisexuality. Combining the work of scholars and activists, professional writers and lay people, Bisexuality and Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the Others proesents ideas, thoughts, feelings, and insights from a variety of contributors who are committed to understanding–and deepening our understanding of–gender and sexuality. You’ll find scholarly essays, narratives, poetry, and a revealing interview with four male-to-female transsexuals, two of whom are married to women who also participate in the discussion. In addition, the book includes insightful chapters by well-known advocates of transgenderism, including Jamison “James” Green, Coralee Drechsler, and Matthew Kailey.

The editors of Bisexuality and Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the Others make the provocative but crucial claim that the larger queer community looks at “B” and “T” lives as mere “add-ons” to “L” and “G.” In this book they focus attention on bisexuality and transgenderism–moving the “margins” to center stage and exploring how sexuality, gender, desire, and intimacy are constructed and circulate in our society. The book’s inclusion of voices and scholarship from Eastern cultures challenges our understanding of sexuality and gender constructions all the more, giving this collection a global scope.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • About the Contributors
  • INTRODUCTIONS
    • Bisexuality and Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the Others
      Jonathan Alexander, Karen Yescavage
    • GL vs. BT: The Archaology of Biphobia and Transphobia Within the U.S. Gay and Lesbian Community
      Jillian Todd Weiss
    • “Tieresius”
      David Clowers
  • INTERSECTING COMMUNITIES: B/T CONCERNS IN COMMON
    • Yeah, Yeah, Oh-Yeah, Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In
      kari edwards
    • Pomosexual Play: Going Beyond the Binaristic Limits of Gender?
      Jennifer L. Ailles
    • Swing It Baby!
      Charlotte Cooper
    • Bisexual and Transgender Identities in a Nonclinical Sample of North Americans: Souicidal Intent, Behavioral Difficulties, and Mental Health Treatment
      Robin M. Mathy, Barbara A. Lehmann, Deborah L. Kerr
  • REAL(IZING) LIVES: PERSONAL AND THEORETICAL B/T IDENTITY FORMATIONS
    • The Story So Far
      Thaniel Chase
    • Social Bodies, Pagan Hearts
      Laura Anne Seabrook
    • “There are Different
      Points in Your Life wHere You Can Go Either Way”: Discussing Transsexuality and Bisexuality with Some Women of CrossPart
      Jonathan Alexander
    • Looking Toward the InterSEXions: Examining Bisexual and Transgender Identity Formation from a Dialectical Theoretical Perspective
      Michaela D. E. Meyer
  • REEL LIVES: B/T POP CULTURAL ICONS
    • Trans/positioning the (Drag?) King of Comedy: Bisexuality and Queer Jewish Space in the Works of Sandra Bernhard
      Milla Rosenberg
    • Butch-Femme Interrupted: Angeline Jolie, Bisexuality and the New Butch Femme
      Cristina Stasia
  • WESTERN INTERSECTIONS: EASTERN APPROXIMATIONS
    • Living More “Like Oneself”: Transgender Identities and Sexualities in Japan
      Mark McLelland
    • While Diving, Drink Water: Bisexual and Transgender Intersections in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
      Sharyn Graham
    • “Outing” and “Duplicity”
      Ann Tweedy
  • STEERING QUEER OF LGBTI IDENTITY POLITICS
    • Walking Through Walls: An Immodest Proposal for Trans-cending Sexual Orientation
      Matthew Kailey
    • We Are All Others: An Argument for Queer
      Coral Drechsler
    • Centering: An Alternate Perspective
      Jamison Green
  • Index
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