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Author Bio

D. Perez-Sornia (they/them/hers) is an Assistant Director of the University of San Francisco Cultural Centers, where they are pursuing their doctorate in International and Multicultural Education. They have been a vocal and unapologetic queer and trans scholar and professional since being the first visibly and openly transgender member of a sorority at their alma mater. D’s research focuses on neoliberalism, higher education, and critical theories.

Emmanuel Te (he/him/his) is a high school librarian at a private high school in the San Francisco Bay Area. He supports high school students with their research needs, which includes the research process for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Extended Essay. As a doctoral student in the Learning & Instruction department, he seeks to connect insights from education and psychology to support information literacy instruction.

Abstract

Tom Sandercock begins Youth Fiction and Trans Representation asserting that this is the first book to catalog and trace transgender and gender variant representation across various forms of media (Sandercock, p. i). Sandercock presents a compelling collection of transgender representation case studies, with an intended audience of transgender studies scholars, LGBTQ+ and allied educators seeking to add meaningful gender-explorative literature to their curriculum, and transgender people interested in a gender retrospective view of their childhood or adolescent media. Examining not only mere representation of young transgender and gender variant people, Sandercock explores the intersections of gender and various vertices of social power and inequity including racism, policing and carceral culture, and ableism. While some analyses may feel reaching at times, Youth Fiction and Trans Representation does well in presenting the nuances and complexities of representation and challenging hegemonic heteronormativity to support transgender visibility.

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