THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Few books are as urgent as Shon Faye's debut ... Faye
has hope for the future - and maybe so should we' Independent 'Unsparing important and
weighty ... a vitally needed antidote' Observer 'A moving and impressively comprehensive
overview of trans life' Vogue Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war
'issue'. Despite making up less than one per cent of the country's population they are the
subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarized 'debate' which generates reliable controversy
for newspapers and talk shows. This media frenzy conceals a simple fact: that we are having the
wrong conversation a conversation in which trans people themselves are reduced to a talking
point and denied a meaningful voice. In this powerful new book Shon Faye reclaims the idea
of the 'transgender issue' to uncover the reality of what it means to be trans in a transphobic
society. In doing so she provides a compelling wide-ranging analysis of trans lives from
youth to old age exploring work family housing healthcare the prison system and trans
participation in the LGBTQ+ and feminist communities in contemporary Britain and beyond. The
Transgender Issue is a landmark work that signals the beginning of a new healthier
conversation about trans life. It is a manifesto for change and a call for justice and
solidarity between all marginalized people and minorities. Trans liberation as Faye sees it
goes to the root of what our society is and what it could be it offers the possibility of a
more just free and joyful world for all of us. 'Fundamentally not a culture-war book. It
operates outside the narrow coverage of trans people in the mainstream and lays bare the
inarguable facts' New Statesman 'Monumental and utterly convincing - crystal clear in its
understanding of how the world should be' Judith Butler
