Despite the increasing visibility of trans and non-binary folx in media, political representation, and popular culture, their sexual lives and erotic embodiments are woefully under-attended-to in both scholarship and clinical practice. The aim of this book is to equip providers with both conceptual frameworks and concrete tools for better engaging their trans, non-binary, and gender expansive clients in pleasure-centered discussions of sexual health. Trans Sex seeks to move trans sexualities from the margins of gender-affirmative clinical practice, to center pleasure, and to spark creativity and empathic attunement within the client-provider relationship.
Key Features
- Pleasure-positive approach: Challenges dominant images of trans sexualities in existing literature.
- Concrete clinical practices: Provides practical activities utilizing social justice, intersectional trans feminism, and radical queer theory.
- Accessible to a wide range of providers: Designed for mental health or medical providers, trainees, and seasoned practitioners.
- Inclusive contributions: Includes insights from other trans and non-binary providers in gender-affirmative care and sexuality.
Additional Information
Challenging the dominant images of trans sexualities that appear in the existing literature, such as an emphasis on avoiding gender dysphoria, the preservation of sexual function, or on sexual losses that may arise as a result of transition pathways, this groundbreaking text is designed to be accessible. This book draws on Fielding’s experiences as both a trans client/patient and as a therapist to shift and expand the conversation and includes contributions from other trans and non-binary providers working at the intersection of gender-affirmative care and sexuality. Whether they be mental health or medical providers, trainees, or seasoned practitioners in gender-affirmative work or sexualities, readers will be able to harness creative strategies to enhance their practice and become more imaginative providers.
