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<p><i>Preface<br /><br /></i><i>Acknowledgements</i></p> <p><i>Text and Image Credits<br /><br /></i></p> <p>Prologue from ‘The Wild Side’<br />Chapter 1: The Woman Question<br />Chapter 2: False Alarms<br />Chapter 3: ‘I Say Therefore I Am?’: Gender and Self-Identification<br />Chapter 4: Trans Kids: ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes’<br />Chapter 5: Bedrock Gender<br />Chapter 6: Gender Born and Lived<br />Chapter 7: Gender Across Time and Place<br />Chapter 8: Reconceptualizing Gender (from the Stream of Life)<br />Epilogue: The Way Forward<br /><br /><i>Notes<br /><br /></i><i>Bibliography<br /><br /></i><i>Index</i></p>

"In an atmosphere dominated by toxic lies and misunderstandings about transgender people, this wonderful book is a much-needed antidote. It is clear, comprehensive, careful, level-headed, humane, and fair. If you want to cut through the myths and actually understand transgender, this book is essential reading."<br /><b>Sophie-Grace Chappell, The Open University<br /></b> <p><i>"Real Gender</i> is a vigorous defence of trans identities against the rising tide of anti-trans sentiment. Written by two cis-identified philosophers for a largely “cis” audience, it shoulders a burden that many trans people are coming to find too soul-destroying to bear on our own. Although written by two non-trans authors, the book is firmly grounded in trans theory and replete with a diversity of trans voices (thankfully sparing us the frustration of having to repeat ourselves). Moyal-Sharrock and Sandis demonstrate how non-trans philosophers might pursue trans philosophy in a way that is both affirming and useful. Smart and well argued, this is a most welcome contribution to the burgeoning literature."<br /><b>Talia Mae Bettcher, California State University, Los Angeles<br /></b><i><br />"</i><i>Real Gender</i> is essential reading for our times. It's a book that takes on the views and news that have made of transgender such a bugbear today. It's also a book about real transgendered people, including, vitally, in their own voices, stories and images. The authors are not trans but – especially at this moment – as they say, solidarity matters."<br /><b>Jay Prosser, University of Leeds</b></p>

<b>Danièle Moyal-Sharrock</b> is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire.<br /><b>Constantine Sandis</b> is Founding Director of Lex Academic and Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire.

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