This book represents the vanguard of new work in the rapidly growing arena of Trans Studies. Thematically organised, it brings together studies from an international, cross-disciplinary range of contributors to address a range of questions pertinent to the emergence of trans lives and discourses.

Introduction: The Many-Voiced Monster: Collective Determination and the Emergence of Trans Part 1: Trans Genealogies Foreword 1. In the Shadow of Eugenics: Transgender Sterilization Legislation and the Struggle for Self-determination 2. Reconceiving the Body: A Surgical Genealogy of Trans-Therapeutics 3. Becoming: Discourses of Trans Emergence, Epiphanies and Oppositions 4. The Seam of Skin and Scales Part 2: Trans As Everyday Culture Foreword 5. Creating a Trans Space 6. DIY Identities in a DIY Scene: Trans Music Events in the UK 7. On Being a 'Wife': Cis Women Negotiating Relationships with a Trans Partner 8. Sticks and Stones Break Our Bones, and Words Are Damaging: How Language Erases Non-binary People Part 3: Trans In Popular Representation Foreword 9. Response and Responsibility: Mainstream Media and Lucy Meadows in a Post-Leveson Context 10. 'Girl Brain...Boy Body': Representations of Trans Characters in Children's Picture Books Part 4: Trans Epistemologies Foreword 11. Make Yourself 12. Co-producing Trans Ethical Research 13. Nonnormative Ethics: The Ensouled Formation of Trans 14. A Genealogy of Genealogies - Retheorising Gender and Sexuality: The Emergence of 'Trans' (ESRC Seminar Series 2012-2014)