On Tuesday, January 22, the Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration’s ban on trans individuals serving in the military. To put these current events in context, we are highlighting materials from library collections about trans experiences, especially those of trans military service members, and legal and public policy.

Visit our display on the 3rd floor of PCL to check out print books from our collection related to this topic.

Below is a list of items on that display as well as a few additional e-resources and books that can be found at Tarlton Law Library.

News

• Kendall, B. & Youssef, N. A. (2019). Supreme court allows trump administration to implement transgender restrictions in military; high court also declines to take up a case at center of immigration fight in Washington. Wall Street Journal (Online)
• Chavez, N.(2019). A transgender Army sergeant says ban won’t stop Americans from serving their country. CNN Politics (Online).
• Copp, T. (2019). Pentagon: No changes to policy on transgender troops, for now. MilitaryTimes (Online).

Statements from Professional Organizations

• American Medical Association
• American Psychological Association
• University of Texas at Austin LGBTQ Studies department

Resources for Trans Individuals

• Center for Mental Health and Counseling
• Gender & Sexuality Center
• Trans Life Line
• Kind Clinic
• Central Texas Transgender Health Coalition

Background Information

• Gilbert, M. J. (2013). Transgender People. In Encyclopedia of Social Work doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.399

Books on Display

• Taylor, J. K., & Haider-Markel, D. P. (2014). Transgender rights and politics: Groups, issue framing, and policy adoption. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
• Sharpe, A. N. (2006). Transgender jurisprudence: Dysphoric bodies of law ([New] – digital printing. ed.). London;New York;: Cavendish Pub.
• Erickson-Schroth, L. (ed). (2014). Trans bodies, trans selves: A resource for the transgender community. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Beemyn, G., & Rankin, S. (2011). The lives of transgender people. New York: Columbia University Press.
• Feinberg, L., 1949-2014. (1998). Trans liberation: Beyond pink or blue. Boston, Mass: Beacon Press.
• Wilchins, R. A., 1952. (1997). Read my lips: Sexual subversion and the end of gender. Ithaca, N.Y: Firebrand Books.
• Pratt, M. B. (1995). S/HE. Ithaca, N.Y: Firebrand Books.
• Rēvati, & Murali, N. (2016). A life in trans activism. New Dehli: Zubaan Books.
• Serano, J. (2016). Outspoken: A decade of transgender activism & trans feminism. Oakland, CA: Switch Hitter Press.
• Nutt, A. E. (2015). Becoming Nicole: The transformation of an American family. New York: Random House.
• Boylan, J. F., 1958. (2003). She’s not there: A life in two genders (1st ed.). New York: Broadway Books.
• McBee, T. P. (2014). Man alive: A true story of violence, forgiveness and becoming a man. San Francisco: City Lights Books.
• Mock, J., 1983. (2017). Surpassing certainty: What my twenties taught me (First Atria Books hardcover ed.). New York, NY: Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
• Jennings, J. (2016). Being jazz: My life as a (transgender) teen (First ed.). New York: Crown.
• Butt, R. (2015). Now what?: A handbook for families with transgender children (Second ed.). Oakland, California: Transgress Press.
• Bornstein, K., 1948. (1995). Gender outlaw: On men, women, and the rest of us (1st Vintage Books ed.). New York: Vintage Books.
• Léger, T., & MacLeod, R. (2012). The collection. New York: Topside Press.
• Fitzpatrick, C., & Plett, C. (2017). Meanwhile, elsewhere: Science fiction and fantasy from transgender writers. New York, NY: Topside Press.
• Thom, K. C. (2016). Fierce femmes and notorious liars: A dangerous trans girl’s confabulous memoir. Montréal, QC: Metonymy Press.
• Maupin, A. (2014). The days of Anna Madrigal: A novel (First ed.). New York: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
• Elison, M. (2017). The book of etta. Seattle: 47North.
• Sands, A. (2016). I know who you are, but what am I?: A partner’s perspective on transgender love. Oakland, California: Transgress Press.
• King, N., Glennon-Zukoff, J., & Mikalson, T. (2014). Queer and trans artists of color: Stories of some of our lives. Place of publication not identified: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
• Morgan, R., Marais, C., & Wellbeloved, J. R. (2009). Trans: Transgender life stories from South Africa. Auckland Park, South Africa: Jacana Media.
• Bridgforth, S., Herrera y Lozano, L., & Austin Latino Lesbian and Gay Organization. (2008). Rooted! (1st ed.). Austin, Tex: ALLGO.
• McBride, S., 1990, & Biden, J. R. (2018). Tomorrow will be different: Love, loss, and the fight for trans equality (First ed.). New York: Crown Archetype.
• Kuklin, S. (2014). Beyond magenta: Transgender teens speak out (First ed.). Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.
• Gossett, R., Stanley, E. A., & Burton, J. (2017). Trap door: Trans cultural production and the politics of visibility. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
• Feinberg, L., 1949-2014. (2003). Stone butch blues: A novel (1st Alyson Books ed.). Los Angeles: Alyson Books.
• Binnie, I. (2013). Nevada. New York, NY: Topside Press.
• Driskill, Q., Justice, D. H., Miranda, D. A., & Tatonetti, L. (2011). Sovereign erotics: A collection of two-spirit literature. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.

Young Adult Books

• Russo, M. (2016). If I was your girl (First ed.). New York: Flatiron Books.
• Williamson, L., 1980. (2016). The art of being normal (First ed.). New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.
• Clark, K. E. (2016). Jess, chunk, and the road trip to infinity (First ed.). New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux Books for Young Readers.
• Polonsky, A. (2014). Gracefully Grayson (First ed.). New York;Los Angeles;: Hyperion.
• Clarke, C. (2017). The pants project. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.
• Hashimi, N. (2016). One half from the east (First ed.). New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
• Schmatz, P. (2015). Lizard radio (First ed.). Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.

Children’s Books

• Newman, L., & Mola, M. (2017). Sparkle boy (First ed.). New York: Lee & Low Books Inc.
• Walton, J., & MacPherson, D. (2016). Introducing teddy: A gentle story about gender and friendship. New York: Bloomsbury.
• Love, J. (2018). Julián is a mermaid (First ed.). Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.
• Carr, J., & Rumback, B. (2010). Be who you are. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.
• Herthel, J., Jennings, J., & McNicholas, S. (2014). I am Jazz!. New York, New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.
• Gino, A. (2015). George (First ed.). New York: Scholastic Press.

Ebooks

• Schaefer, A. G., Iyengar, R., Kadiyala, S., Kavanagh, J., Engel, C. C., Williams, K. M.,  Kress, A. M. (2016). Assessing the implications of allowing transgender personnel to serve openly. Santa Monica: RAND Corporation. doi:10.7249/j.ctt1d4txv6
• Whittle, S., & Stryker, S. (2013). The transgender studies reader Taylor and Francis. doi:10.4324/9780203955055
• Spade, D., 1977. (2015). Normal life: Administrative violence, critical trans politics, and the limits of law (Revis and expand;Revis; ed.). Durham [North Carolina]: Duke University Press.
• Stryker, S. (2008;2009;). Transgender history. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press.
• “At Least ‘Shipmate’ Is a Gender-Neutral Insult”: A Military Psychiatrist’s Introduction to Transgender Military Service. (2017) Ritchie, E. C., Wise, J. E., & Pyle, B. (Eds). In Gay mental healthcare providers and patients in the military : Personal experiences and clinical care. Cham: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-66026-4
• Köllen, T. (2016). Sexual orientation and transgender issues in organizations : Global perspectives on LGBT workforce diversity. Cham: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-29623-4
• Gozlan, & Oren. (2018). Current critical debates in the field of transsexual studies: In transition (1st ed.). Milton: Routledge Ltd. doi:10.4324/9781351058995
• Woods, S. (2016). Identifying as transgender. New York, NY: Rosen Publishing Group.
• Serano, J. (2009). Whipping girl : A transsexual woman on sexism and the scapegoating of femininity. Berkley: Seal Press.

Journal

• TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly

Articles

• Barnett, J. T., & Hill, B. J. (2015). “Covert Operation: Archiving the Experiences of Transgender Service Members in the US Military.” TSQ 2(4): 584–594. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/23289252-3151511
• Parco, J. E., Levy, D. A., & Spears, S. R. (2015). Transgender Military Personnel in the Post-DADT Repeal Era: A Phenomenological Study. Armed Forces & Society, 41(2), 221–242. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X14530112
• Joycelyn Elders, M., Brown, G. R., Coleman, E., Kolditz, T. A., & Steinman, A. M. (2015). Medical Aspects of Transgender Military Service. Armed Forces & Society, 41(2), 199–220. https://doi.org/1177/0095327X14545625
• Okros, A., & Scott, D. (2015). Gender Identity in the Canadian Forces: A Review of Possible Impacts on Operational Effectiveness. Armed Forces & Society, 41(2), 243–256. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X14535371
• ROSS, A. (2014). The Invisible Army: Why the Military Needs to Rescind Its Ban on Transgender Service Members. Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, 23(1), 185–216. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lgh&AN=95115395&site=ehost-live
• Shrader, A., Casero, K., Casper, B., Kelley, M., Lewis, L., & Calohan, J. (2017). Military Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Awareness Training for Health Care Providers Within the Military Health System. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 23(6), 385–392. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078390317711768
• Downing, J., Conron, K., Herman, J. L., & Blosnich, J. R. (2018). Transgender and cisgender US veterans have few health differences. Health Affairs (Project Hope), 37(7), 1160-1168. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0027
• Executive Power — Presidential Directives — in Tweets, President Purports to Ban Transgender Servicemembers. (2018). Harvard Law Review, 131(3), 934–943. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lgh&AN=127305017&site=ehost-live
• Folaron, I., & Lovasz, M. (2016). Military Considerations in Transsexual Care of the Active Duty Member. Military Medicine, 181(10), 1182–1186. https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/10.7205/MILMED-D-15-00559
• Crosbie, T., & Posard, M. N. (2016). Barriers to serve: Social policy and the transgendered military. Journal of Sociology, 52(3), 569–585. https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783316655632

Books at Tarlton Law Library

• Neacsu, D., Holt, D. B., Butler, M., American Association of Law Libraries, American Association of Law Libraries, & American Association of Law Libraries (Eds.). (2018). Sexual orientation, gender identities, and the law: a research bibliography, 2006-2016. Getzville, New York: William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
• McKinnon, S. L. (2016). Gendered asylum: race and violence in U.S. law and politics. Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield: University of IllinoisPress.
• Currah, P., Juang, R. M., & Minter, S. (Eds.). (2006). Transgender rights. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
• Levi, J. L., & Monnin-Browder, E. E. (Eds.). (2012). Transgender family law: a guide to effective advocacy. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.
• Howell, A. W. (2015). Transgender persons and the law (2nd edition). Chicago, Illinois: American Bar Association.