Laura Kate Dale

Uncomfortable Labels

My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman

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Produktbeschreibung

A ground-breaking memoir that explores how the author's gender identity and sexuality interrelate with her autism diagnosis. It follows the author from childhood through to her late twenties and includes wide-ranging essays on autism and gender.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 134mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 178g
• ISBN-13: 9781785925870
• ISBN-10: 1785925873
• Artikelnr.: 55292283

Autorenporträt

Laura Kate Dale is a queer trans woman and author, who uses She / Her pronouns. Laura lives near London, UK, with her cat Smudge, and her wife Jane. When Laura isn't writing she loves to play roller derby, and play video games with her friends.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue - Being LGBT and Having Autism is Actually Pretty Common
PART I - Life Pre-Transition & Diagnosis
1. The Ignored Early Signs
2. Being the Weird Kid
3. The Teen Tipping Point
4. Coming out the Closet
5. Depression and Addiction
PART II - Living through Transition and Diagnosis
6. Transition, and learning to read who I wanted to be
7. Squeezing a Late Youth into Adulthood
8. I'm Proud I'm Not Invisible
PART III - Life Post Transition and Diagnosis
9. LGBT Spaces are not for Autistic Adults
10. Transgender Conflicts and Autism
11. Learning to Watch Your Friends Die
12. Being a Trans Woman with Autism is Sometimes Pretty Rad
13. Roller Derby: The Intersection of LGBT and Autism Friendly Group Sport
14. Where do I go from here?
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