Juliet Jacques is a freelance writer who covers gender, sexuality, literature, film and football. One of her top ten transgender books, as shared at the Guardian:Redefining Realness by Janet Mock (2014)Read about the other entries on the list.
After coming out as transsexual in an article for Marie Claire, journalist Janet Mock became a passionate advocate for trans people, particularly those of colour. In Redefining Realness – named after Jennie Livingston’s documentary Paris is Burning – Mock hooks plenty of information about trans healthcare, communities and culture onto a personal narrative. This explains how her gender identity was policed and how she did sex work to fund surgery – and why she felt compelled to tell her story in the way she did.
--Marshal Zeringue
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