Mary Collins, Donald Collins

At the Broken Places (eBook, ePUB)

A Mother and Trans Son Pick Up the Pieces

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this collaborative memoir, a parent and a transgender son recount wrestling with their differences as Donald Collins undertook medical-treatment options to better align his body with his gender identity. As a parent, Mary Collins didn't agree with her trans son's decision to physically alter his body, although she supported his right to realize himself as a person. Raw and uncensored, each explains her or his emotional mindset at the time: Mary felt she had lost a daughter; Donald activated his "authentic self." Both battled to assert their rights. A powerful memoir and resource, At the Broken Places offers a road map for families in transition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780807088364
• Artikelnr.: 48111680

Autorenporträt

Mary Collins worked for twenty years as a freelance writer and editor for a range of clients, including the National Geographic Society and Smithsonian Institution. She is currently a professor of nonfiction at Central Connecticut State University. Donald Collins is a trans advocate, writer, and recent cum laude graduate of Emerson College. His culture and commentary writing has appeared in PopMatters, Salon, and Next Magazine, among others.

Inhaltsangabe

Authors’ Notes
Introductions
Pronouns and Body Parts
SON: Who Wears the Pants?
MOTHER: Mismatch
Endings and Beginnings
MOTHER: Mapping Modern Grief
SON: Birds of Spring
Sharing our Story with Others
SON: Donald Has Something He Would Like to Tell the Class
MOTHER: Disclosure
Rights
MOTHER: Right(s)
SON: Hidden Fees
A Story Exchange
Parent Story Exchange
Transgender Youth and Professionals Story Exchange
Donald’s Reading List
Acknowledgments
Sources
A Note from the Series Editor