Queering Families

While there is a growing body of literature on transgender men's experiences, relatively little exists to document the experiences of their partners. In Queering Families, Carla A. Pfeffer brings these experiences to life through interviews with the group most likely to partner and form families with transgender men: non-transgender (cisgender) women.

Carla A. Pfeffer completed her doctoral work at the University of Michigan. She currently holds a joint appointment in Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina. Her research, employing qualitative and mixed-methods approaches, considers thorny intersections between social stigma, identity, resistance, and structure.

Series Foreword by Phil Hammack
Introduction: Queer Families and the Development of the Sociological Imagination
1: Trans Partnerships and Families: Historical Traces and Contemporary Representations
2: Identity Shifts, Recognition, and Intersectionality in Trans Partnerships and Families
3: Queering Family Labor: Managing Households, Relationships, and Transitions
4: Bodies, Sexuality, and Intimacy in Trans Partnerships and Families
5: (Re)producing Trans Families: Accessing Social, Legal, and Medical Recognition and Technologies
6: It Takes a Village, People: Social Strain and Support for Trans Partnerships and Families
Conclusion: Toward Broader and More Inclusive Notions of Family in the Twenty-First Century