Love, Always is the first collection of writings by partners of trans people. As the visibility of trans people rises throughout the world, so does the need to hear about the experiences of their loved ones who stand by them. Yet, their stories have remained largely untold in the sea of media attention on trans people. This anthology begins filling that void with writings of love, struggle, growth and resilience from partners of trans people.Love, Always is a collection of essays, letters and poems by partners that offers a deeper understanding of the unique social, emotional, sexual, legal, medical and financial challenges facing trans couples today. Contributors share their experiences of living, loving, working and raising families with partners who have undertaken gender transitions.
This book was born from recognition that partners also undergo transformations of their own while their loved ones are transitioning and their stories need to be told as well. “I have long awaited a collection like this one. I’m pleased to read one, at long last,” says Helen Boyd, author of She’s Not the Man I Married: Life With a Transgender Husband. “That it is one that tries to represent as many of the kinds of people experiences as there are thrills me.”
Learn how partners navigate new relationship identities and dynamics, issues of public disclosure, child-rearing, family, friends and work as one (or both) partners transition. Gain a deeper understanding of how race, age, class, physical ability, religion, and sexuality affect decisions trans couples make.
The writings gathered in Love, Always present a multidimensional portrait of the everyday lives of trans couples that offers a refreshing alternative to the narratives of tragedy and loss we encounter so often in the media.
Love, Always is available from Transgress Press at: http://transgresspress.bigcartel.com/. Also, this book will be available on Amazon.com, iBooks, BarnesandNoble.com and other online outlets.
Love, Always is edited by Becky Garrison, a 2012 recipient of a Knight Grant for Reporting on Religion and American Public Life for her work covering trans clergy, and Jordon Johnson, a trans man and doctoral candidate at the University of New Mexico where his dissertation focuses on the transgender movement in New Mexico.
