Dow (Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston) has written a compelling book about the impact of injustice and discrimination on transgender educators. She emphasizes their marginalization and the need for gender identity and expression to be included within the social justice lens in education systems. Writing as a transgender educator, the author relates personally to the lack of support trans educators receive in the system, and draws on intersectionality as a key component to describe the many layers of difficulty and prejudice they experience within educational institutions. Dow recounts teachers and school leaders who have transitioned while working and the types of challenges they have encountered, focusing on white participants in K-12 settings. The study explores these workplace problems and aims to suggest ways that transgender educators can come out successfully, offering insight into the process of transitioning within a work environment. Overall this volume will be a valuable resource for those interested in gender, education, sociology, psychology, and queer studies. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals.
* Choice *Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Trans Teachers and Trans Youth
Chapter Three: Positive Developments
Chapter Four: Methodology
Chapter Five: Historical Context of Transgender Educators
Chapter Six: Transgender Employment Discrimination
Chapter Seven: Coming Out in the Workplace
Chapter Eight: Laws Pertaining to Transgender People
Chapter Nine: Interviews of Transgender Educators
Chapter Ten: Findings
Chapter Eleven: Results
Chapter Twelve: Interview Data Analysis
Chapter Thirteen: Transgender Educators and Practical Solutions